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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2000
Hironobu Ito, Hyogo, JP;
Hisakazu Sato, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A VLIW processor includes an instruction decode unit selecting one of parallel execution and consecutive execution and decoding a plurality of operation instructions included in an instruction word, and a program counter control unit controlling a value of a program counter for providing an indication for the instruction decode unit to provide as no-operation an operation instruction provided in a consecutive execution and executed prior to an operation instruction executed during a consecutive execution when branching to the operation instruction executed during the consecutive execution is introduced. This renders it possible to branch to an operation instruction executed during a consecutive execution and thus provide an enhanced efficiency of instruction-code compression.