FI843782L - Mikroavgreningsarkitektur av en centralenhet. - Google Patents

Mikroavgreningsarkitektur av en centralenhet.

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Publication number
FI843782L
FI843782L FI843782A FI843782A FI843782L FI 843782 L FI843782 L FI 843782L FI 843782 A FI843782 A FI 843782A FI 843782 A FI843782 A FI 843782A FI 843782 L FI843782 L FI 843782L
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Finland
Prior art keywords
branching
microcode
test result
return address
branch
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FI843782A
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English (en)
Finnish (fi)
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FI843782A0 (fi
FI843782A7 (fi
Inventor
Robert Whiting Horst
Richard Lee Harris
Original Assignee
Tandem Computers Inc
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Publication of FI843782A0 publication Critical patent/FI843782A0/fi
Publication of FI843782A7 publication Critical patent/FI843782A7/fi
Publication of FI843782L publication Critical patent/FI843782L/fi

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/38—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline or look ahead
    • G06F9/3802—Instruction prefetching
    • G06F9/3804—Instruction prefetching for branches, e.g. hedging, branch folding
    • G06F9/3806—Instruction prefetching for branches, e.g. hedging, branch folding using address prediction, e.g. return stack, branch history buffer
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/22—Microcontrol or microprogram arrangements
    • G06F9/26—Address formation of the next micro-instruction ; Microprogram storage or retrieval arrangements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/22—Microcontrol or microprogram arrangements
    • G06F9/26—Address formation of the next micro-instruction ; Microprogram storage or retrieval arrangements
    • G06F9/262—Arrangements for next microinstruction selection
    • G06F9/264—Microinstruction selection based on results of processing
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/38—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline or look ahead
    • G06F9/3836—Instruction issuing, e.g. dynamic instruction scheduling or out of order instruction execution
    • G06F9/3842—Speculative instruction execution
    • G06F9/3844—Speculative instruction execution using dynamic branch prediction, e.g. using branch history tables

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Software Systems (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Executing Machine-Instructions (AREA)
  • Advance Control (AREA)
  • Microcomputers (AREA)
  • Multi Processors (AREA)
  • Medicines Containing Material From Animals Or Micro-Organisms (AREA)
  • Hardware Redundancy (AREA)
  • Debugging And Monitoring (AREA)
  • Electron Tubes For Measurement (AREA)
  • Exchange Systems With Centralized Control (AREA)
  • Apparatus For Radiation Diagnosis (AREA)
  • Communication Control (AREA)
  • Small-Scale Networks (AREA)
  • Arrangements For Transmission Of Measured Signals (AREA)
  • Control By Computers (AREA)
  • Complex Calculations (AREA)
  • Bus Control (AREA)
FI843782A 1983-09-29 1984-09-26 Mikroavgreningsarkitektur av en centralenhet. FI843782L (fi)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US06/537,886 US4571673A (en) 1983-09-29 1983-09-29 Enhanced CPU microbranching architecture

Publications (3)

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FI843782A0 FI843782A0 (fi) 1984-09-26
FI843782A7 FI843782A7 (fi) 1985-03-30
FI843782L true FI843782L (fi) 1985-03-30

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US (2) US4571673A (2)
EP (1) EP0138470B1 (2)
JP (1) JPS60167036A (2)
KR (1) KR850002907A (2)
AT (1) ATE68613T1 (2)
AU (2) AU577316B2 (2)
BR (1) BR8404921A (2)
CA (2) CA1224881A (2)
DE (1) DE3485172D1 (2)
DK (1) DK462684A (2)
FI (1) FI843782L (2)
IL (2) IL73116A (2)
IN (1) IN162544B (2)
MX (1) MX156831A (2)
NO (1) NO843894L (2)
NZ (2) NZ209665A (2)
ZA (1) ZA847523B (2)

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MX156831A (es) 1988-10-05
IN162544B (2) 1988-06-11
DK462684A (da) 1985-03-30
FI843782A0 (fi) 1984-09-26
FI843782A7 (fi) 1985-03-30
EP0138470B1 (en) 1991-10-16
CA1224881A (en) 1987-07-28
EP0138470A3 (en) 1986-04-16
CA1233568A (en) 1988-03-01
ATE68613T1 (de) 1991-11-15
IL73116A (en) 1988-11-30
IL73116A0 (en) 1984-12-31
AU1830088A (en) 1988-10-27
US4571673A (en) 1986-02-18
KR850002907A (ko) 1985-05-20
NZ209665A (en) 1989-01-06
BR8404921A (pt) 1985-08-20
JPH0139132B2 (2) 1989-08-18
IL85477A0 (en) 1988-07-31
AU599245B2 (en) 1990-07-12
DK462684D0 (da) 1984-09-27
ZA847523B (en) 1985-07-31
AU577316B2 (en) 1988-09-22
EP0138470A2 (en) 1985-04-24
DE3485172D1 (de) 1991-11-21
AU3359384A (en) 1985-04-04
US4636943A (en) 1987-01-13
NO843894L (no) 1985-04-01
NZ226263A (en) 1989-01-06
JPS60167036A (ja) 1985-08-30

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