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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1976
James Damon Atkins, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Charles Allen Murphy, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lewis Everett Stotts, Kennesaw, GA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A data processing machine specifically designed to use a single format of instructions for all operations. The format provides for sufficient information to be provided to enable complex functions to be performed in response to a single instruction. More particularly, a machine organization and an instruction format therefor are disclosed to enable one instruction to enter sufficient control data for control of a long repetitious operation. The instruction is in four sections to enable a function to be specified, to identify one or more operands to be utilized and to specify a number of times the function is to be performed or to specify another limit to the repetitions of the function.