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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2005
Marcel J. A. Tromp, San Jose, CA (US);
Frans W Sijstermans, Los Altos, CA (US);
Sunny C Huang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Rudolf H. J. Bloks, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Marcel J. A. Tromp, San Jose, CA (US);
Frans W Sijstermans, Los Altos, CA (US);
Sunny C Huang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Rudolf H. J. Bloks, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Techniques are described for dynamically controlling the execution of operations within a multi-operation instruction, such as a very long instruction word (VLIW). A programmable processor fetches and executes a first instruction having an operation mask. Based on the operation mask, the processor selectively executes one or more operations within a second instruction. Individual operations within a multi-operation instruction can be selectively enabled and disabled, which is advantageous in many situations, including event handling and code debugging.