摘要:
A data processor which comprises a pipeline processing mechanism for executing memory indirect addressing and register indirect addressing in an address calculation stage, checks whether or not an instruction writes an operand to a memory or register, makes each stage of the pipeline mechanism hold reservation information thereof in sequence, thereby reduces the frequency of stops of pipeline processing caused by processing of operand address calculation of the following instruction attending on a writing of the operand of the preceding instruction to a memory or register, so that data processing can be execute at a higher efficiency.
摘要:
The data processor of this invention is provided with a multi-stage pipeline processing mechanism which predicts the probability of the branch instruction branching at the instruction decoding stage. The mechanism also detects exceptions at pre-branching and transmits information about a detected exception to the instruction execution stage. If, at the execution stage, it is determined that the branch prediction was incorrect, exception processing is not started. If, at the execution stage, it is determined that the branch prediction was correct, exception processing is started. In this way it is possible to reduce disturbances in pipeline processing for many branch instructions.
摘要:
The data processor related to the invention accesses memory with an address value which is expressed by signed binary notation expressed by twos compliment, is so constructed that the negative address value having maximum absolute value and the positive address value having the same are not wrapped around each other, is provided with hardware which signed extends the address values expressed by relatively small bit number, and is so constructed that the user area and the supervisor area are separated from each other in accordance with the positiveness and the negativeness of address value, so that the positive and negative address space are allowed to optionally be extended in the direction of the greater absolute value without being split, and extending process of address value is easy, furthermore, the user area and the supervisor area can be judged merely by means of the signed bit denoting either the positiveness or the negativeness, to thereby violation of the access right in the supervisor area under the user mode being able to easily be detected.
摘要:
A data processor that executes arithmetic operations between first and second binary numbers, stored in different registers, of different lengths, with the first number having a byte-length smaller than the register, and the second number having a byte-length equal to the register, by storing the first number so that its lower order bit is justified with the lower order bit of the second number. Additionally, data having different bit and byte polarities are processed by reversing the bit and byte order of the data as required.
摘要:
A branch prediction for predicting, prior to executing a given branch instruction, whether the branch condition of the given branch instruction will be established, utilizes an address of an instruction that precedes the given branch instruction to access the branch prediction information for the given branch instruction from a branch prediction table.
摘要:
A buffer memory device is formed of: a plurality of memory blocks each comprising a register and a comparator for comparing the content of said register and the input data. A control circuit controls the shift of the data of said registers in such a manner that only the contents of said registers from the first memory block to a desired memory block are shifted.
摘要:
A data processing device includes a processor core, and a memory interface portion arranged between the processor core and an external memory mapped into a predetermined external memory space. The memory interface portion includes a fetch circuit for receiving an address value for access to the external memory space from the processor core, and fetching the data at the address in the external memory, a translator for translating the normative instruction fetched from the external memory into the native instruction, and a select circuit for selectively applying the data read from the external memory space and the instruction prepared by translating the instruction read from the external memory space by the translator to the processor core depending on whether the address value for the access to the external memory space is in a predetermined region or not.
摘要:
When fetching an instruction from a plurality of memory banks, a first pipeline cycle corresponding to selection of a memory bank and a second pipeline cycle corresponding to instruction readout are generated to carry out a pipeline process. Only the selected memory bank can be precharged to allow reduction of power consumption. Since the first and second pipeline cycles are effected in parallel, the throughput of the instruction memory can be improved.
摘要:
A microprocessor including an instruction decoder for decoding a branch instruction to output a decoded result, a program counter, and a program counter controller for controlling the program counter on the basis of the decoded result. The program counter controller includes a first register for storing a first program counter value output from the instruction decoder. The program counter controller detects a coincidence of the first program counter value stored in the first register with a value of the program counter to set a second program counter value indicating a branch target of the branch instruction into the program counter.
摘要:
An MPEG2 decoder portion decodes an input bit stream and outputs a digital decoded image while extracting coding information and supplying the same to a control portion. An MPEG2 encoder portion re-encodes the digital decoded image output from the MPEG2 decoder portion. Coding information supplied from the control portion is reflected on a coding parameter in re-encoding. Transcoding between the MPEG2 standard and the DV standard can also be executed by arranging a decoder or an encoder corresponding to the DV standard in place of either the MPEG2 decoder portion or the MPEG2 encoder portion.