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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary Dwayne Hicok, Mesa, AZ (US);
Thomas Alexander, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Yong Je Lim, Seattle, WA (US);
Yongmin Kim, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
VLSI Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395381 ; 395382 ; 395391 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for defining, in a computing system, the bit size of an instruction to be executed by a processing unit. Instructions are realized in the form of a plurality of memory location devices. At least one of said memory location devices, in a predetermined position, is established as a MODE bit. The MODE bit assumes a first value indicative of parallel instruction execution and assumes a second value indicative of non-parallel instruction execution.