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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024

Filed:

May. 05, 2022
Applicant:

Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley, GB;

Inventors:

Simon Thomas Nield, Hertfordshire, GB;

James McCarthy, Hertfordshire, GB;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01); H03M 7/30 (2006.01); H03M 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 8/41 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30149 (2013.01); G06F 8/443 (2013.01); G06F 9/3016 (2013.01); G06F 9/30152 (2013.01); G06F 9/30156 (2013.01); G06F 9/30163 (2013.01); G06F 9/30178 (2013.01); G06F 9/3802 (2013.01); G06F 9/382 (2013.01); G06F 9/3856 (2023.08); H03M 7/00 (2013.01); H03M 7/702 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods of encoding and decoding are described which use a variable number of instruction words to encode instructions from an instruction set, such that different instructions within the instruction set may be encoded using different numbers of instruction words. To encode an instruction, the bits within the instruction are re-ordered and formed into instruction words based upon their variance as determined using empirical or simulation data. The bits in the instruction words are compared to corresponding predicted values and some or all of the instruction words that match the predicted values are omitted from the encoded instruction.


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