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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2014
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Naoki Ochi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A processor includes: a first instruction processing unit that, in a first mode, receives a first input including instructions included in a first instruction set; a second instruction processing unit that, in a second mode, receives the first input, the second instruction processing unit having a simpler configuration than the first instruction processing unit; a third instruction processing unit that, in a third mode, receives a second input including instructions included in a second instruction set, the second instruction set including part of the instructions included in the first instruction set, the third instruction processing unit having a simpler configuration than the first instruction processing unit and the second instruction processing unit; a selection unit that selects, according to a mode, a result of decoding by one of the instruction processing units; and an instruction execution unit that executes an instruction according to the selected result of decoding.