Compiler device with branch instruction inserting unit

Abstract

A compiler device includes a conditional-executable-instruction generation unit and a branch instruction insertion unit. The conditional-executable-instruction generation unit generates a conditional executable instruction that is executed when a condition that the conditional executable instruction refers to is satisfied. In the case where there is a section containing a non-executive condition under which no instruction is executed in one cycle or a plurality of cycles in series, the branch instruction insertion unit inserts a conditional branch instruction that refers to the non-executive condition and instructs to branch to a cycle immediately after a last cycle of the section, to after an instruction of a cycle immediately before a start of the section. Thus, a compiler device employing conditional executable instructions is provided that is capable of generating an assembler code that does not degrade the performance when the instructions are executed, even if a source program includes a branch instruction that causes a then part and an else part to be executed through unbalanced numbers of cycles, respectively.

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