US 6,338,132 B1 · System and method for storing immediate data

Abstract

An article comprising an instruction stored on a storage medium. The instruction includes opcode field storing an opcode signal and an operand field storing an operand signal. The operand is compressed prior to being stored in the operand field.

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Application

09/223,299Filed 30 Dec 1998

Granted

8 Jan 2002

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Classification5 codes

G06F 9/30178
Runtime instruction translation, e.g. macros: of compressed or encrypted instructions
G06F 9/30156
Instruction analysis, e.g. decoding, instruction word fields: special purpose encoding of instructions, e.g. Gray coding
G06F 9/3016
Instruction analysis, e.g. decoding, instruction word fields: decoding the operand specifier, e.g. specifier format
G06F 9/30167
Decoding the operand specifier, e.g. specifier format: of immediate specifier, e.g. constants

System and method for storing immediate data

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System and method for storing immediate data

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