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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2004
Filed:
May. 02, 2000
Andrew Cofler, Voreppe, FR;
Stéphane Bouvier, Sassena{overscore (g)}e, FR;
Bruno Fel, Voreppe, FR;
Laurent Ducousso, Sain Nazaire les Eymes, FR;
STMicroelectronics S.A., Gentilly, FR;
Abstract
A computer system has a memory which holds a computer program consisting of a sequence of program instructions. The format of the program instructions depends on an instruction mode of the computer system. A decoder is arranged to receive and decode program instructions. A microinstruction generator is responsive to information from the decoder to generate microinstructions according to a predetermined microinstruction format which is independent of the instruction mode of the computer system. The computer system has a plurality of parallel execution units for receiving and executing the microinstructions.