Data processing apparatus and method employing instruction pipelining
CA 1212477 A · Owner: Prime Computer, Inc. · Inventors: Jones, Walter A.; Ardini, Joseph L. Jr.; Jones, Paul R. Jr.
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data processing system for processing a sequence of program instructions has two independent pipelines, an instruction pipeline and an execution pipeline. Each pipeline has a plurality of serially operating stages. The instruction stages read instructions from storage and form therefrom address data to be employed by the execution pipeline. The execution pipeline receives the address data and uses it for referencing stored data to be employed for execution of the program instructions. Both pipelines operate synchronously under the control of a pipeline control unit which initiates operation of at least one stage of the execution pipeline prior to completion of the instruction pipeline for a …
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- Granted October 7, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 7, 2003.
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