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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Hirokazu Hanaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Takashima, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hirokazu Hanaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Takashima, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/321 (2013.01); G06F 9/30145 (2013.01); G06F 9/382 (2013.01); G06F 9/3822 (2013.01); G06F 9/3877 (2013.01); G06F 9/3885 (2013.01);
Abstract
A processor includes: an instruction fetch portion configured to fetch simultaneously a plurality of fixed-length instructions in accordance with a program counter; an instruction predecoder configured to predecode specific fields in a part of the plurality of fixed-length instructions; and a program counter management portion configured to control an increment of the program counter in accordance with a result of the predecoding.