Central processor unit for executing instructions of variable length
CA 1114515 A · Owner: Digital Equipment Corporation · Inventors: Hastings, Thomas N.; Strecker, William D.; Lary, Richard F.
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Application of, William D. Strecker, Thomas N. Hastings Richard F. Lary, David P. Rodgers and Steven H. Rothman Relating to, CENTRAL PROCESSOR UNIT FOR EXECUTING INSTRUCTIONS OF VARIABLE LENGTH, Abstract of the Disclosure. A digital data processing system with a central processor for responding to diverse instructions characterized by having variable length. Each instruction includes an operation code. Certain instructions also include one or more operand specifiers. Each operand specifier can comprise one or more data bytes. Each instruction passes to an instruction buffer. Control circuitry in the central processor decodes the operation code and, in succession, each operand specifier …
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- Granted December 15, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 15, 1998.
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