Data processor

A pair of instruction formats for use in describing an instruction to be executed by one data processor, the pair of instruction formats comprising:

• a first instruction format including a predetermined number of instruction fields and including at least one register-addressing field of a predetermined size;
• and
• a second instruction format including instruction fields, the number of which is larger than the number of the instruction fields of the first instruction format,
• wherein the second instruction format includes at least one register-addressing field of a size larger than the size of each register-addressing field of the first instruction format, and describes a multiple operation executed in parallel, and each of the register-addressing fields designates one register.

An instruction expansion method for expanding an instruction-set described in a first instruction format so as to be described in a second instruction format having a plurality of bits, the number of which is larger than the number of bits of the first instruction format,

• wherein
• the first instruction format includes a first register-addressing field for selecting at least one of registers included in a first register file,
• the second instruction format includes a second register-addressing field for selecting at least one of registers included in a second register file, the number of the registers included in the second register file being larger than the number of the registers included in the first register file, the second register-addressing field being larger than the first register-addressing field, and
• the first register file is a part of the second register file.

A data processor comprising a first register file consisting of a plurality of registers, for executing an instruction described in a first instruction format by using data held in the first register file, the first instruction format including a register-addressing field of a predetermined size,

• wherein:
• the data processor is provided with a second register file consisting of a plurality of registers, the number of which is larger than the number of the registers of the first register file, and
• the data processor executes an instruction described in a second instruction format by using data held in the second register file, the second instruction format including a register-addressing field of a size larger than the size of the register-addressing field included in the first instruction format,
• said data processor executing a multiple operation in parallel which is specified by the second instruction format.