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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2005
Applicant:
Gerard Chauvel, Antibes, FR;
Inventor:
Gerard Chauvel, Antibes, FR;
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/318 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A processor comprising fetch logic adapted to fetch instructions from memory and decode logic coupled to the fetch logic and adapted to decode the fetched instructions. If a bit in the decode logic is in a first state, a particular fetched instruction is skipped and a group of one or more instructions is executed in lieu of the particular fetched instruction. If the bit is in a second state, both the group and the particular fetched instruction are executed.