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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
May. 15, 2019
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A memory circuit included in a computer system includes a memory array that stores multiple program instructions included in compressed program code. In response to receiving a fetch instruction from a processor circuit, the memory circuit may retrieve a particular instruction from the memory array. The memory circuit may, in response to a determination that the particular instruction is a particular type of instruction, retrieve additional program instructions from the memory array using an address included in the particular instruction, and send the particular program instruction and the additional program instructions to the processor circuit.