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Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 03, 2010
Applicants:

Lucian Codrescu, Austin, TX (US);

Erich James Plondke, Austin, TX (US);

Ajay Anant Ingle, Austin, TX (US);

Suresh K. Venkumahanti, Austin, TX (US);

Charles Joseph Tabony, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Lucian Codrescu, Austin, TX (US);

Erich James Plondke, Austin, TX (US);

Ajay Anant Ingle, Austin, TX (US);

Suresh K. Venkumahanti, Austin, TX (US);

Charles Joseph Tabony, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/38 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/3853 (2013.01); G06F 9/30149 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method of processing a hierarchical very long instruction word (VLIW) packet is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method of processing instructions is disclosed. The method includes receiving a hierarchical VLIW packet of instructions and decoding an instruction from the packet to determine whether the instruction is a single instruction or whether the instruction includes a subpacket that includes a plurality of sub-instructions. The method also includes, in response to determining that the instruction includes the subpacket, executing each of the sub-instructions.


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