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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Douglas R Beard, Eleva, WI (US);
Andrew E Phelps, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Michael A Woodmansee, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Richard G Blewett, Altoona, WI (US);
Jeffrey A Lohman, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Alexander A Silbey, Eau Claire, WI (US);
George A Spix, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Frederick J Simmons, Neillsville, WI (US);
Don A Van Dyke, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Cray Research, Inc., Eagan, MN (US);
Abstract
An improved high performance hardwired supercomputer data processing apparatus includes instruction means adpated to issue one and two parcel instructions. Instruction fetch means provides an instruction stream of two parcel items in sequence. Instruction decode means is responsive to each two parcel item for determining in one clock cycle whether the two parcel item is a single two parcel instruction or two one parcel instructions, for issuing each two parcel instruction for execution during the one clock cycle, and for issuing one then the other of the two one parcel instructions for execution in sequence during the one clock cycle and the next succeeding clock cycle.