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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2002
Applicants:
Trefor Southwell, Bristol, GB;
Peter Hedinger, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Trefor Southwell, Bristol, GB;
Peter Hedinger, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics Limited, Almondsbury, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A processor is described in which the need to encode no-operation instructions (nops) in the program is minimised by providing a device for generating nops in response to information encoded in operative instructions.