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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2023
Lodestar Licensing Group Llc, Evanston, IL (US);
Shawn Rosti, Eagle, ID (US);
Timothy P. Finkbeiner, Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to microcode instructions indicating instruction types. One example apparatus comprises a memory storing a set of microcode instructions. Each microcode instruction of the set can comprise a first field comprising a number of control data units, and a second field comprising a number of type select data units. Each microcode instruction of the set can have a particular instruction type defined by a value of the number of type select data units, and particular functions corresponding to the number of control data units are variable based on the particular instruction type.