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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2021
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Saya Goud Langadi, Bangalore, IN;
Venkatesh Natarajan, Karnataka, IN;
Alexander Tessarolo, Lindfield, AU;
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A processor is provided and includes a core that is configured to perform a decode operation on a multi-instruction packet comprising multiple instructions. The decode operation includes receiving the multi-instruction packet that includes first and second instructions. The first instruction includes a primary portion at a fixed first location and a secondary portion. The second instruction includes a primary portion at a fixed second location between the primary portion of the first instruction and the secondary portion of the first instruction. An operational code portion of the primary portion of each of the first and second instructions is accessed and decoded. An instruction packet including the primary and secondary portions of the first instruction is created, and a second instruction packet including the primary portion of the second instruction is created. The first and second instructions packets are dispatched to respective first and second functional units.