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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1988
Hideshi Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A branch instruction processing unit executes a branch-on-count (BCT) instruction for loop control of a program by means of pipeline control. The unit includes a memory for storing the number of loops for each BCT instruction, a first storage register for storing the output of the memory, a detection circuit for detecting if the output of the memory is a '1' while the output is stored in the first storage register, a second storage register for storing the output of the first storage register, and a branch judgement circuit which judges if each instruction is taken in response to the detection of a '1' by the detection circuit while the output of the first storage register is being stored in the second storage register.