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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1998
Shumpei Kawasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Sakakibara, Kodaira, JP;
Kaoru Fukada, Koganei, JP;
Takanaga Yamazaki, Kodaira, JP;
Yasushi Akao, Kokubunji, JP;
Shiro Baba, Kokubunji, JP;
Toshimasa Kihara, Tachikawa, JP;
Keiichi Kurakazu, Tokorozawa, JP;
Takashi Tsukamoto, Kodaira, JP;
Shigeki Masumura, Kodaira, JP;
Yasuhiro Tawara, Kodaira, JP;
Yugo Kashiwagi, Koganei, JP;
Shuya Fujita, Kodaira, JP;
Katsuhiko Ishida, Koganei, JP;
Noriko Sawa, Tama, JP;
Yoichi Asano, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Chaki, Tokorozawa, JP;
Tadahiko Sugawara, Kodaira, JP;
Masahiro Kainaga, Yokohama, JP;
Kouki Noguchi, Kokubunji, JP;
Mitsuru Watabe, Ibaragi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A branch instruction format has different respective field lengths for conditional branch instructions and unconditional branch instructions. A conditional branch instruction has a first bit length and a first area for a displacement designating an address to be jumped, wherein the first area has a second bit length that is smaller than the first bit length. An unconditional branch instruction also has the first bit length, and a second area for a displacement designating an address to be jumped, wherein the second area has a third bit length that is different from the first and second bit lengths.