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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1994
Rod Fleck, Munchen, DE;
Mark Poret, Mesa, AZ (US);
Karl-Heinz Mattheis, Fraunberg, DE;
Javier V Magana, Austin, TX (US);
Christoph Meinhold, Planegg, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for furnishing instructions having a multi-stage pipeline processing unit for processing at least a 'fetch instruction' phase, a 'decode instruction' phase and an 'execute instruction' phase, includes a memory; an address register having contents pointing to an instruction to be processed in said memory; an instruction register for receiving a loading of the instruction during an instruction loading phase; an arithmetic calculation unit for calculating addresses; an incrementing stage for incrementing the contents of said address register; and a multiplexer for selecting a calculated address or an incremented successor address. One embodiment also includes a first additional memory unit; a second additional memory unit; an address comparator; and a third additional memory unit. Another embodiment also includes a first additional memory unit; a second additional memory unit; an address comparator; and a third additional memory unit.