Data processor having an instruction decoder

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6397323
  • Patent Number
    6,397,323
  • Date Filed
    Tuesday, February 22, 2000
    24 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, May 28, 2002
    22 years ago
Abstract
In a data processor, using a format field which specifies the number of operation fields of an instruction code and an order of execution of operations, the number of operations and the order of operation executions are flexibly controlled and the necessity of a null operation is reduced, and decoders operate in parallel each decoding only one operation having a specific function which has a dependency on an operation execution mechanism, so that the operation fields of the instruction code are decoded in parallel by a number of decoders. While the data processor is basically a VLIW type data processor, more types of operations can be specified by the operation fields, and coding efficiency of instructions is improved since the number of operation fields and the order of operation executions are flexibly controlled and the necessity of a null operation is reduced by means of the format field which specifies the number of the operation and the order of the operation executions.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




1. Field of the Invention




The present invention relates to a data processor for performing a plurality of operations in parallel, and more particularly to a data processor for performing a plurality of operations in parallel at a high efficiency by executing a so-called VLIW (Very Long Instruction Word) type instruction which specifies a plurality of operations by one instruction.




2. Description of Related Art




As a data processor for performing operations at a high speed utilizing parallelism of instruction levels, data processors adopting superscalar type or VLIW type parallel operation techniques have been already proposed. So-called superscalar is a parallel operation technique in which parallelism of instruction levels is detected by hardware from an instruction stream and a plurality of instructions are then executed in parallel.




On the other hand, the VLIW technique is a parallel operation technique in which one instruction consists of a plurality of parallel executable operations which are detected and encoded by a compiler at compiling time. A plurality of operations which are specified by this long instruction word are executed in parallel. These types of conventional data processors are described in detail in “Instruction-Level Parallelism”, B. R. Rau and J. A. Fisher, The Journal of Supercomputing, Vol. 7, No. 1/2, 1993, for example.




The conventional superscalar type data processor is advantageous in being capable of executing instructions that were generated in the past without translating. However, since the number of instructions which are executable in parallel is not constant, it is necessary to specify instructions which are executable in parallel or to align instructions which are to be inputted to an instruction decoder in accordance with the number of instructions which are executable in parallel. This imposes a large load on the decoder hardware.




Further, since the conventional VLIW type data processor guarantees that instructions have the same length and all of a plurality of operations which are described within one instruction can be executed in parallel, the problem of an increased load on the decoder hardware is not generated unlike in the conventional superscalar type data processor as mentioned above. However, since the conventional VLIW type data processor consumes one instruction even when there is no operations which can be executed in parallel, a number of operation fields specifying null operations (No Operation: NOP) are generated, whereby the amount of instruction code becomes very big. In addition, in the conventional VLIW type data processor, types of operations which can be specified by respective operation fields are limited to simplify the instruction decoder and the operation mechanism. Because of the standardized method of specifying operation, flexibility of assigning operations within one instruction is small, and therefore the instruction code efficiency is poor.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




The present invention has been made to overcome these disadvantages of the prior art as mentioned above. The present invention therefore aims to obtain a data processor which is basically of the VLIW type but achieves an improved instruction code efficiency, in which the necessity of specifying null operations is reduced by flexibly controlling the number and the order of operations, using a format field which specifies the number of the operation fields and the order of the operations. At the same time, decoders decode only operations of specific functions depending on executing mechanisms in parallel. With decoding the respective operation fields by a number of simple decoders, the present invention increases the number of operations which can be specified by the respective operation fields.




A data processor according to the present invention comprises: an instruction decoder for decoding an instruction code consisting at least one operation field which specifies the type of an operation to be executed and a format field which specifies the number of the operation fields and outputting control signals; and a plurality of operating means which are connected to the instruction decoder for executing the instruction in accordance with the control signals outputted from the instruction decoder. In the data processor, when the instruction decoder decodes a first instruction code which includes a first number of operation fields, the instruction decoder outputs a first set of control signals, and the plurality of operating means execute the first number of operations in accordance with the first set of control signals, and when the instruction decoder decodes a second instruction code which includes a second number of operation fields and has the same code length with the first instruction code, the second number being different from the first number, the instruction decoder outputs a second set of control signals different from the first set of control signals, and the plurality of operating means execute the second number of operations in accordance with the second set of control signals.




A data processor according to the present invention comprises: an instruction decoder for decoding an instruction code; a control unit which is connected to the instruction decoder to output control signals in accordance with decoded results by the instruction decoder; and first operating means and second operating means which are connected to the instruction decoder for executing an instruction in accordance with the control signals outputted from the control unit. In the data processor, when the instruction decoder decodes an instruction code which consists of at least a first operation field and a second operation field, each specifying an operation to be executed, and a format field which specifies the number of operation fields and the order of executing operations specified by the operation fields, the control unit outputs a first control signal and a second control signal in accordance with the order of executing operations specified by the format field and operation types specified by the first operation field and the second operation field, the first operating means executes the first operation in accordance with the first control signal, and the second operating means executes the second operation in accordance with the second control signal.




In the data processor having the configuration as mentioned above, when the instruction decoder decodes a first instruction code in which sequential execution of the first operation specified by the first operation field and the second operation specified by second operation field is specified by the format field, the instruction decoder outputs a first decoded result while the control unit outputs the first control signal at a first time point and then outputs the second control signal at a second time point in accordance with the first decoded result, so that the first operating means executes the first operation in accordance with the first control signal and the second operating means thereafter executes the second operation in accordance with the second control signal, and when the instruction decoder decodes a second instruction code in which simultaneous execution of a third operation specified by the first operation field and a fourth operation specified by the second operation field is specified by the format field, the instruction decoder outputs a second decoded result while the control unit outputs a third control signal and a fourth control signal at the same time in accordance with the second decoded result, so that the first operating means and the second operating means simultaneously execute the third operation and the fourth operation in accordance with the third control signal and the fourth control signal, respectively.




A data processor according to the present invention comprises: a first decoder for decoding a predetermined field of an instruction code and outputting a control signal; a first operation execution unit which is connected to the first decoder to operate in accordance with the control signal outputted from the first decoder; a second decoder for decoding the predetermined field and outputting a control signal; and a second operation execution unit which is connected to the second decoder to operate in accordance with the control signal outputted from the second decoder. In the data processor, when a first instruction code in which a first type of operation is specified by the predetermined field is decoded, the first and the second decoders decode the predetermined field at the same time, the first decoder outputs a first control signal while the second decoder outputs a second control signal different from the first control signal, the first operation execution unit executes a first operation in accordance with the first control signal, the second operation execution unit executes no operation in accordance with the second control signal, and when a second instruction code in which a second type of operation is specified by the predetermined field is decoded, the first and the second decoders decode the predetermined field at the same time, the first decoder outputs a third control signal while the second decoder outputs a fourth control signal which is different from the third control signal, the first operation execution unit executes no operation in accordance with the third control signal, the second operation execution unit executes a second operation in accordance with the fourth control signal.




A data processor according to the present invention comprises: a first decoder for decoding a first operation field of an instruction code and outputting a first control signal; a second decoder for decoding a second operation field different from the first operation field and outputting a second control signal; an output processing unit which is connected to the first and the second decoders to input both the first and the second control signals and selectively outputs one of the first and the second control signals; and an operation execution unit which is connected to the output processing unit to operate in accordance with a control signal outputted from the output processing unit. In the data processor, when a first instruction code in which a first operation is specified by the first operation field and a second operation is specified by the second operation field is decoded, the first decoder decodes the first operation field and the second decoder decodes the second operation field at the same time, the first decoder outputs the first control signal and the second decoder outputs the second control signal, and the output processing unit selectively outputs the first control signal to the operation execution unit, and when a second instruction code in which a third operation is specified by the first operation field and the first operation is specified by the second operation field is decoded, the first decoder decodes the first operation field and the second decoder decodes the second operation field at the same time, the first decoder outputs a third control signal and the second decoder outputs a fourth control signal, and the output processing unit selectively outputs the fourth control signal to the operation execution unit, whereby the operation execution unit executes the first operation both when the first operation is specified by the first operation field and when the first operation is specified by the second operation field.




The above and further objects and features of the invention will more fully be apparent from the following detailed description with accompanying drawings.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a schematic diagram showing an instruction format used in a data processor according to a first embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 2

is a list showing values and meanings of format fields of

FIG. 1

;





FIG. 3

is a schematic diagram showing operation codes of a short format which can be specified by operation fields of the instruction format of

FIG. 1

;





FIG. 4

is a schematic diagram showing operation codes of a long format which can be specified by operation fields of the instruction format of

FIG. 1

;





FIG. 5

is a list showing addressing modes which can be specified by an operation code field of the long format of

FIG. 4

;





FIG. 6

is a list showing the contents of a field which specifies truth/false judging conditions of a comparison operation;





FIG. 7

is a schematic diagram showing a register configuration used in the data processor of the present invention;





FIG. 8

is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a first half portion of a processor status word used in the data processor of the present invention;





FIG. 9

is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a last half portion of a processor status word used in the data processor of the present invention;





FIG. 10

is a block diagram showing an example of an overall configuration of the data processor according to the first embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 11

is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of an instruction mapper and an instruction decoder of the data processor according to the first embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 12

is a schematic diagram showing an example of a program which is executed by the data processor according to the present invention, e.g., a source program described in the FORTRAN language for calculating the sum of products of elements belonging to arrays A and B;





FIG. 13

is a schematic diagram showing an assembler program which is obtained by translating the source program shown in

FIG. 12

into an assembler language;





FIG. 14

is a schematic diagram showing an assembler program which is obtained by translating the source program shown in

FIG. 12

by unrolling loops of the source program shown in

FIG. 12

in such a manner that the four loops of the source program are translated into one loop;





FIG. 15

is a schematic diagram showing an example of a program which is executed by the data processor according to the present invention, e.g., a source program for examining elements of an array X and counting the number of elements whose values exceed a constant value (XLIMIT);





FIG. 16

is a schematic diagram showing an assembler program which is obtained by translating the source program shown in FIG.


15


into an assembler language;





FIG. 17

is a schematic diagram showing an example of a program which is executed by the data processor according to the present invention, e.g., a source program described in the C-language for manipulating pointer;





FIG. 18

is a schematic diagram showing an assembler program which is obtained by translating the source program shown in

FIG. 17

into an assembler language;





FIG. 19

is a schematic diagram showing an example of a program which is executed by the data processor according to the present invention, e.g., a source program described in the C-language in which conditional statements (if statements) are nested;





FIG. 20

is a schematic diagram showing an assembler program which is obtained by translating the source program shown. in

FIG. 19

into an assembler language;





FIG. 21

is a schematic diagram showing an instruction format used in a data processor according to a second embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 22

is a list showing values and meanings of format fields shown

FIG. 21

;





FIG. 23

is a block diagram showing an example of an overall configuration of the data processor according to the second embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 24

is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of an instruction mapper and an instruction decoder of the data processor according to the second embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 25

is a schematic diagram showing an instruction format used in a data processor according to a third embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 26

is a list showing values and meanings of format fields shown in

FIG. 25

; and





FIG. 27

is a block diagram showing an example of an overall configuration of the data processor according to the third embodiment of the present invention.











DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS




In the following, a data processor according to the present is invention will be described with reference to drawings showing preferred embodiments.




First Embodiment




(1) “Instruction Set and Register”





FIG. 1

shows an instruction format used in a data processor according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Two types of instruction formats are prepared to be used in the data processor according to the present invention.




In

FIG. 1

, reference numeral


1


designates a format of a 3-operation instruction consisting of one format field (FM)


10


and three operation fields


11


,


12


and


13


, and reference numeral


2


designates a format of a 2-operation instruction consisting of one format field


10


and two operation fields


14


and


15


. Instructions used in the data processor according to the present invention have a fixed length of eight bytes (64 bits). Both the 3-operation instruction of a format


1


and the 2-operation instruction of a format


2


shown in

FIG. 1

each have a length of eight bytes in total.




In the 3-operation instruction of the format


1


, the three operation fields


11


,


12


and


13


each specify one operation code (operation





0, operation





1 or operation





2) of a 20-bit short format. In the 2-operation instruction of the format


2


, the two operation fields


14


and


15


specify two operations in total, i.e., the operation field


14


specifies one operation code of the 20-bit short format (operation





0) while the operation field


15


specifies one operation code of a 40-bit long format (operation





1).





FIG. 2

is a list showing the contents of the format field


10


, that is, detailed values and meanings of the format field


10


. In the first embodiment, the format field


10


has a 4-bit configuration and it is classified into sixteen types. In the list, “2-ops.” indicates the 2-operation instruction, “3-ops.” indicates the 3-operation instruction, “1st” indicates that an operation designated in that column (operation





0, operation





1, or operation





2) must be executed first, “2nd” indicates that an operation designated in that column must be executed second, and “3rd” indicates that an operation designated in that column must be executed third. The symbol “---” indicates that there is no operation designated in that column.




In the format field


10


, not only the 3-operation instruction of the format


1


and the 2-operation instruction of the format


2


are distinguished from each other, but also the order of the operations is specified. The specifying order of the operations as herein termed includes an order for a case in which the operations are to be executed sequentially and an order for a case in which two or three operations are to be executed in parallel.




For instance, when the value of the format field


10


is “FM=0100”, the instruction is a 3-operation instruction and therefore operation





0 specified by the operation field


11


and operation





1 specified by the operation field


12


are executed in parallel first, and then operation





2 specified by the operation field


13


is executed. In this case, since operation





0 and operation





1 are executed in parallel, it is necessary that the software guarantees no conflict exists between operands of operation





0 and operation





1.




On the other hand, the hardware guarantees that operation





0 and operation





2 are executed sequentially and also that operation





1 and operation


2


are executed sequentially. Sequential execution as herein termed is an execution in which, in the same way as in the conventional data processors which execute instructions one by one sequentially, a result of an operation by an instruction to be executed first is reflected in an instruction which will be executed next.





FIG. 3

is a schematic diagram showing details of operation codes of a short format. There are five types of the short format, i.e., an SB format


31


, an SR format


32


, an SM-1 format


33


, an SM-2 format


34


and an SI format


35


.




The five types of the short format


31


,


32


,


33


,


34


, and


35


are each formed by combining a 4-bit execution condition field (<cond>)


20


, a 5-bit operation code field


21


, or a 6-bit operation code field


23


each specifying the type of an operation, an 11-bit displacement field (DISP)


22


which specifies a branch width of a branch instruction, a 5-bit register field


24


which specifies an operand on a register, 5-bit indirect address fields


25


and


26


each of which specifies a register number for holding an address of an operand on a memory, and a 5-bit immediate field


27


which specifies a 5-bit immediate. Each one of the five types of the format


31


,


32


,


33


,


34


, and


35


includes the execution condition field


20


so that all operations are validated only when an execution condition specified by the execution condition field


20


is true. As herein termed, a valid operation is an operation which ensures that a result of the operation is reflected in a register, a memory, or a flag.




Operations which can be specified-by the short type SB format


31


are branches and subroutine branches within a range which can be expressed by 11 bits of branch width specified by the DISP field


22


. In the first embodiment, since the instructions each have a length of eight bytes, lower three bits of an instruction address are always “0”. In this case therefore, it is possible to specify a branch width up to fourteen (=3+11) bits, that is, 16K bytes.




Operations which can be specified by the short type SR format


32


are sixteen types of register-register operations, including arithmetic operations such as addition and subtraction, logical operations, shift operations, bit manipulations, and so on.




Operations which can be specified by the short type SM-1 format


33


are sixteen types of loading or storing. An address of a memory operand is stored in a register which has a register number of <Rb> indicated in the indirect address field


25


. When the register number of <Rb> which is indicated in the indirect ID address field


25


is “0”, an addressing mode of an operand of the memory side becomes pop mode from a stack at loading, and an addressing mode of an operand of the memory side becomes push mode at storing.




Operations which can be specified by the short type SM-2 format


34


are sixteen types of loading and storing. An address of a memory operand is the sum of the contents of a register which has the register number of <Rb> indicated by the indirect address field


96


and the contents of a register which has a register number being larger than the register number <Rb> by a value “1”.




Operations which can be specified by the short type SI format


35


are twelve types of operations, including various operations such as an arithmetic operation between a 5-bit immediate of the immediate field


27


and a register, logical operations, bit manipulations, loading of an immediate, a null operation, and so on.





FIG. 4

is a schematic diagram showing details of operation codes of a long format. There are eight types of long format, i.e., an LB format


71


, an LM-1 format


72


, an LM-2 format


73


, an LI-R format


74


, an LR-R format


75


, an LR-C format


76


, an LI-C format


77


, and an MISC format


78


for executing various operations such as loading, storing, register-register operations, comparison, and jumps. Each one of the formats


71


to


78


includes the execution condition field


20


so that all operations are validated only when an execution condition specified by the execution condition field


20


is true in the same way as in operations specified by the short formats


31


to


35


mentioned above.




The long LB format


71


is a format for calculating a branch and a subroutine branch.




The long LM-1 format


72


is a format for a load operation and a store operation. In the long LM-1 format


72


, an address of a memory operand is given by a value which is obtained by adding a signed binary value expressed by 18-bit and indicated by a field


38


to the contents of a register indicated by the field


35


.




The long LM-2 format


73


is also a format for a load operation and a store operation. In the long LM-2 format


73


, an address of a memory operand is defined in accordance with an addressing mode indicated by a 2-bit field


41


.

FIG. 5

is a list showing types of the addressing mode specified by the field


41


.




In

FIG. 5

, a value obtained by adding up a displacement and a sign-extended value becomes the address when a value of the field


41


is “<ea>=00”, a value obtained by adding up a PC value and a value of a register Rc becomes the address when a value of the field


41


is “<ea>=01” and a value obtained by adding up a PC value and a value of a register Rc becomes the address when a value of the field


41


is “<ea>=10”. When a value of the field


41


is “<ea>=11”, the mode becomes a pop mode or a push mode.




The LI-R format


74


and the LR-R format


75


of the long type are formats for register-register 3-operand operations such as an arithmetic operation, a logical operation, shift operation, etc., of three operands, or for operations between one immediate which is expressed in sixteen bits and two register operands.




The long LR-C format


76


is a format for a comparison operation. The LR-C format


76


specifies a comparison operation between a register operand indicated by a field


48


and a register operand indicated by a field


55


.




The long LI-C format


77


is also a format for a comparison operation. The LI-C format


77


specifies a comparison operation between a register operand indicated by a field


48


and an immediate operand indicated by a field


62


. A field


57


is a field which specifies a truth/false judging condition for a comparison operation, and details of the field


57


are shown in the list in

FIG. 6. A

comparison is executed on two operands under a condition which is indicated by the field


57


, and truth/false is judged. A field


58


specifies the flag number of a flag in which the result of the truth/ false judgment is to be reflected. There are eight flags. A flag which has the number specified by the field


58


changes to “11” or “10”. A field


59


is a field which is used at accumulation of results of truth/false judgment on a plurality of comparison operations. The field


59


consists of four bits and specifies the number of a flag from which a logical product is yielded with a result of judgment on a condition which is specified by the field


58


, and the field


59


also specifies invert/non-invert of a truth/false value of the flag. Bits


1


to


3


specify the number of a flag from which a logical product is to be yielded. A bit


0


specifies whether to use the flag after inverting truth/false of an inputted flag value or to use the flag without inverting truth/false of the inputted flag value.




The long type MISC format


78


is a format used for operations which process a number of operands such as bit and string manipulations, or for privileged operations such as a null operation and control register manipulations.




The data processor according to the present invention allows to specify at most one jump operation per one instruction so that decoding of the instruction is simple. While a jump operation may be included in each one of two operation fields within a 2-operation instruction, a jump operation can be included only in the field


11


in case of a 3-operation instruction.





FIG. 7

is a schematic diagram showing a register configuration used in the data processor of the present invention. The first embodiment uses thirty-two general purpose registers (R


0


to R


31


)


81


each having a bit length of 32 bits, thirty-two floating-point registers (FR


0


to FR


31


)


83


each having a bit length of 64 bits, and ten control registers


82


each having a bit length of 32 bits.




The zero-th general purpose register (R


0


)


80


ignores a value which is written therein and always outputs “0” when read. The thirty-first general purpose register (R


31


)


84


includes a user stack pointer (USP), a system stack pointer (SSP), and an interruption stack pointer (ISP), and one of which becomes valid by switching a stack pointer mode.




The control registers


82


includes a processor status word (PSW)


85


, a program counter (PC)


86


, a floating-point operation exception control register (FEIT)


87


, an address translation base register (UATB)


88


, an exceptional processing table base register (EITVB)


89


, debug support registers (DBC, BPA


0


, BPA


1


, BMC)


90


.




The floating-point registers


83


stores a short floating-point number (32-bit length) or a double-precision floating-point number (64-bit length) which is an operand for a floating-point operation.




FIG.


8


and

FIG. 9

are schematic diagrams showing detailed contents of the processor status word (PSW)


85


.

FIG. 8

shows detailed contents of a first half of the processor status word (PSW)


85


, while

FIG. 9

shows detailed contents of a second half of the processor status word (PSW)


83


.




In

FIG. 8

, a 2-bit RNG field


91


is a field for determining a mode of a processor. In the first embodiment, the processor enters the interrupt mode when “RNG=00”, the system mode when “RNG=10”, and the user mode when “RNG=11”. An AT field


92


is a field for switching an address translation on and off. A 1-bit DB field


93


is a field for switching ON/OFF of a debug mechanism. A 1-bit X field


96


is a carry flag, and is used for arithmetic operation of exzending significant digit number of an integer. A 1-bit V field


97


is an overflow flag, and is set when an overflow occurs by an integer arithmetic operation but is reset when there is no overflow. A 3-bit IMASK field


94


is a field for controlling a mask condition of an external interruption. Eight condition flags


95


are each formed of two bits. Each condition flag


95


is read or a value is written into the flag


95


by explicitly specifying the flag number by a comparison instruction. Further, each condition flag


95


is referred or updated when the content of the processor status word


85


is read or rewritten into response to a control register access instruction.




The condition flags


95


shown in

FIG. 9

play an important role to determine whether operations included in the instruction of the data processor of the present invention are valid or invalid. In the first embodiment, the bit


1


to bit


3


of the 4-bit execution condition field


20


included in each format of an instruction specify the flag number of one of the eight condition flags


90


, and the bit


0


of the 4-bit execution condition field


20


indicates whether to validate an operation when the flag which is specified by the bit


1


to bit


3


is “false=10” or to validate the operation when the flag which is specified by the bit


1


to bit


3


is “true=11”. When the flag specified by the bit


0


to bit


3


is “undefined=00 or 01” or when specified content is different from the flag value, the operation is invalidated. An initial value of a flag F


0


of the condition flags


95


is “false=10” but other flags have an initial value of “undefined=00”. The initial value of the flag F


0


is “10” in order to unconditionally validate each operation, determining that the condition field


20


of each instruction format indicates that “an operation is valid when 1000=F


0


is false” in an initial condition. Each flag can be a target flag which reflects an operation result of the condition specified by the field


57


of the LR-C and the LI-C formats, and only specific one of the flags specified by the field


58


changes. However, three of the flags may change at the same time depending on a result of addition or an general purpose comparison operation, etc. In addition, a VA(F


4


) flag is also “true=11” when an overflow occurs in an integer operation after initializing at a particular time.




(2) “Hardware Configuration”





FIG. 10

is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of the data processor according to the first embodiment of the present invention.




Reference numeral


107


designates a bus interface unit which connects the data processor according to the present invention and an external memory by means of an address bus, a data bus and a control signal.




Reference numeral


105


designates an instruction fetch unit which comprises an instruction cache and an instruction address translation buffer (ITLB). The instruction fetch unit


105


fetches an instruction from the instruction cache or the external memory through a bus interface unit


107


, and transfers the instruction to an instruction mapper


101


via a 64-bit II bus


68


.




Reference numeral


106


designates an operand access unit which comprises a data cache and a data address translation buffer (DTLB). The operand access unit


106


fetches a data from the data cache or the external memory through the bus interface unit


107


and then transfers the data to a memory access unit


125


, or writes data transferred from the memory access unit


125


into the external memory through the bus interface unit


107


.




The instruction mapper


101


decomposes a 64-bit instruction which has been transferred from the instruction fetch unit


105


into operation fields in accordance with the contents of the format field


10


which is the first four bits of the 64-instruction, and transfers the operation fields in a specified order to an instruction decoder


102


. During this procedure, the instruction mapper


101


rearranges and transfers the operation fields to a decoder in a corresponding one of six decoders


111


to


116


in accordance with types of the operations.




The instruction decoder


102


is configured by: a PCD


111


which decodes a field of jump operation of a short format


31


or a long format


71


; an IAD


112


, an IBD


113


, and an ICD


114


which decode a field for operations regarding an operand held in the general purpose registers such as an integer arithmetic operation of short formats


32


and


34


, or long formats


74


to


78


; an MD


115


which decodes a field of load/store operation of a short format


33


or long formats


72


and


73


; and an FD


116


which decodes a field of a floating-point operation of long formats


72


to


77


.




A control circuit


103


includes the flags


95


of the processor status word


85


, and controls the operation unit


104


in accordance with a decoded result by the instruction decoder


102


and the contents of the flags


95


.




The operation unit


104


is configured by six portions, i.e., a PC unit


121


, an integer operation unit


120


which consists of three portions, a memory access unit


125


, and a floating-point operation unit


126


, corresponding to the six decoders


111


to


116


of the instruction decoder


102


.




The PC unit


121


includes a program counter and an adder. For an instruction except for a jump instruction, the PC unit


121


adds “8” to a PC value of an executed instruction to calculate a PC value of an instruction to be executed next. For a jump instruction, the PC unit


121


adds a branch displacement to a PC value of the executed jump instruction or calculates in accordance with an addressing mode specified by the instruction, thereby getting a PC value of an instruction at a jump destination.




The integer operation unit


120


includes the multiple-port general purpose registers


81


and the control registers


82


shown in

FIG. 7

, three shifters and three ALUs. The integer operation unit


120


is configured by three integer operation mechanisms (IA, IB, IC)


122


,


123


, and


124


for executing three integer operations in parallel.




The floating-point operation unit


126


, including the floating-point registers


83


shown in FIG.


7


and operation mechanisms such as a floating-point adder and a floating-point multiplier, executes a floating-point operation. The PC unit


121


, the integer operation mechanisms


122


,


123


, and


124


, and the floating-point operation unit


196


operate independently of each other. At need, data can be transferred between these units through buses.




The memory access unit


125


cooperatively operates with the other portions


121


,


120


, and


126


of th-e operation unit


104


. Data are transferred between the memory access unit


125


and the operand access unit


106


.




The operation unit


104


is connected with the instruction fetch unit


105


and the operand access unit


106


by a JA bus, an AA bus and a DD bus. The instruction fetch unit


105


and the operand access unit


106


transfer an instruction address, a data address, and data to and from the operation unit


104


.




(3) “Instruction Mapper and Instruction Decoder”





FIG. 11

is a block diagram showing an example of specific configuration of the instruction mapper


101


and the instruction decoder


102


. The instruction mapper


101


is configured by: an operation field extraction unit


200


for extracting the format field


10


and the operation fields


11


to


15


from a 64-bit instruction code which is outputted to the II bus


108


; and an FM decoder


221


for decoding the format field


10


.




Each one of extraction units


201


to


213


of the operation field extraction unit


200


extracts some of bit fields of an instruction code on the II bus


108


, and outputs a bit string of each operation field corresponding to each one of the decoders


111


to


116


which form the instruction decoder


102


. Of the 64 bits on the II bus


108


, the extraction unit


201


extracts bit


0


to bit


3


, the extraction unit


202


extracts bit


4


to bit


23


, the extraction unit


203


extracts bit


24


to bit


63


, the extraction unit


204


extracts bit


4


to bit


23


, the extraction unit


205


extracts bit


24


to bit


43


, the extraction unit


206


extracts bit


24


to bit


63


, the extraction unit


207


extracts bit


44


to bit


63


, the extraction unit


208


extracts bit


4


to bit


23


, the extraction unit


209


extracts bit


24


to bit


43


, the extraction unit


210


extracts bit


44


to bit


63


, the extraction unit


211


extracts bit


24


to bit


63


, the extraction unit


212


extracts bit


4


to bit


23


, and the extraction unit


213


extracts bit


24


to bit


63


. Extracted bits are outputted to the instruction decoder


102


.




The instruction decoder


102


(PCD


111


, IAD


112


, IBD


113


, ICD


114


, MD


115


, FD


116


) is configured by a decoder unit


220


and an output processing unit


240


. More specifically, the PCD


111


is configured by a PCS decoder


222


for decoding a jump operation code of the short format extracted by the extraction unit


202


, a PCL decoder


223


for decoding a jump operation code of the long format extracted by the extraction unit


203


, and an output processing unit


241


. To the control circuit


103


, the output processing unit


241


outputs a control signal which instructs for executing a jump operation according to an output from the PCS decoder


222


or the PCL decoder


223


, a non-jump operation for adding “8” to a current PC value, or a null operation, in accordance with a decoded result performed by the three decoders, i.e., the PCS decoder


222


, the PCL decoder


223


, and the FM decoder


221


.




The IAD


112


is configured by an IS decoder


224


for decoding an integer operation code of the short format extracted by the extraction unit


204


and an output processing unit


242


. To the control circuit


103


, the output processing unit


242


outputs a control signal which instructs for executing an integer operation according to an output from the IS decoder


224


or a null operation, in accordance with decoded results performed by the IS decoder


224


and the FM decoder


221


.




The IBD


113


is configured by an IS decoder


225


for decoding an integer operation code of the short format extracted by the extraction unit


205


, an IL decoder


226


for decoding an integer operation code of the long format extracted by the extraction unit


206


, and an output processing unit


243


. To the control circuit


103


, the output processing unit


243


outputs a control signal which instructs for executing an integer operation according to an output from the IS decoder


225


, the IL decoder


226


, or a null operation, in accordance with a decoded result performed by the IS decoder


225


, the IL decoder


226


and the FM decoder


221


.




The ICD


114


is configured by an IS decoder


227


for decoding an integer operation code of the short format extracted by the extraction unit


207


and an output processing unit


244


. To the control circuit


103


, the output processing unit


244


outputs a control signal which instructs for executing an integer operation according to an output from the IS decoder


227


or a null operation, in accordance with a decoded result performed by the IS decoder


227


and the FM decoder


221


.




The MD


115


is configured by MS decoders


228


,


229


, and


230


for decoding memory access operation codes of the short format extracted by the extraction units


208


,


209


, and


210


respectively, an ML decoder


231


for decoding memory access operation codes of the long format extracted by the extraction unit


211


, and an output processing unit


245


. To the control circuit


103


, the output processing unit


245


outputs a control signal which instructs for executing a memory access operation according to an output from one of the MS decoders


228


,


229


, and


230


and the ML decoder


231


or a null operation, in accordance with results of decoding performed by the five decoders, i.e., the MS decoders


228


,


229


, and


230


, the ML decoder


231


, and the FM decoder


221


.




The FD


116


is configured by an FS decoder


232


for decoding a floating-point operation code of the short format extracted by the extraction unit


212


, an FL decoder


233


for decoding a floating-point operation code of the long format extracted by the extraction unit


213


, and an output processing unit


246


. To the control circuit


103


, the output processing unit


246


outputs a control signal which instructs for executing a floating-point operation according to an output from one of the FS decoder


232


and the FL decoder


233


or a null operation, in accordance with decoded results performed by the FS decoder


232


, the FL decoder


233


, and the FM decoder


291


.




Outputs from the output processing unit


240


(


241


to


246


) are inputted to the control circuit


103


and used to control an operation performed by the operation unit


104


. More particularly, an output from the output processing unit


241


is used to control a PC calculation by the PC unit


121


. Outputs from the output processing units


242


,


943


, and


244


are used to control integer operations performed by the integer operation mechanisms (IA, IB, IC)


122


,


123


, and


124


of the integer operation unit


120


, respectively. An output from the output processing unit


245


is used to control a memory access operation performed by the memory access unit


125


. An output from the output processing unit


246


is used to control a floating-point operation performed by the floating-point operation unit


126


.




A decoded result performed by the FM decoder


221


is outputted partly to the instruction fetch unit


100


to control the output timing of the next instruction code to the II bus


108


. When an instruction requires sequential execution of two or three operations, a value of the II bus


108


is held for two or three clock cycles, whereby output from each output processing unit


241


to


246


is controlled in accordance with an operation order specified by the format field


10


. As a result, to the operation unit corresponding to an operation field which is valid at the timing of a clock, a control signal corresponding to a decoded result of that operation field is outputted from the output processing units


241


to


246


, while to the operation unit according to an operation field which is invalid at the timing of a clock, a control signal which instructs a null operation is outputted from the output processing units


241


to


246


.




The tables below list operations which can be specified only by the short format, operations which can be specified both by the short format and the long format, operations which can be specified only in the long format, and information regarding the decoders which execute the respective operations.




Table 1 is a list of operations which can be specified by operation codes of only the short format. There are twenty-four types of such operations. Table 2 is a list of operations which can be specified both in the short format and the long format. There are nineteen types of such operations. Table 3 is lists of operations which can be specified by operation codes of only the long format. There are seventy-four types of such operations.




In Table 1 to Table 3, the column “mnemonic” shows abbreviations and operands of operations and the column “function” shows the meanings of the operations. The column “type” shows types of decoders to which the instruction mapper


101


distributes the operations. That is, the instruction mapper


101


distributes operation codes of the type “PC” to the PCS decoder


222


or the PCL decoder


223


, codes of the type “Integer” to the IS decoder


224


, the IS decoder


225


, the IL decoder


226


, or the IS decoder


227


, codes of the type “Memory” to the MS decoder


22


S, the MS decoder.


229


, the MS decoder


230


, or the MIL decoder


231


, codes of the type “Floating point (FP)” to the FS decoder


232


or the FL decoder


233


, depending on whether the format is the short format or the long format and a field position on an instruction.




In the column “format”, the symbol SR denotes “Short Regiszer”, the symbol SI denotes “Short Immediate”, the symbol SM denotes “Short Mfemorv”, the symbol SB denotes “Short Branch”, the symbol LR denotes “Long Register”, the symbol LI denotes “Long Immediate”, the symbol LM denotes “Long Memory” and the symbol LB denotes “Long Branch”.




(4) “Example of instruction Execution”





FIG. 12

to

FIG. 20

are views showing examples of a program used in the data processor according to the present invention. These examples show source programs described in the FORTRAN and the C-language and assembler programs which are obtained by describing the source programs in an assembler language of the data processor according to the present invention.




In each assembler program, two or three operations are grouped. Two or three operations of each group are encoded into the format


1


or


2


shown in

FIG. 1

, and processed as one instruction in the data processor according to the present invention.





FIG. 12

shows a source program described in the FORTRAN for calculating the sum of products of elements which are included in arrays A and B.

FIG. 13

shows an assembler program which is obtained by translating this source program into an assembler language. The first three instructions of the assembler program are initial setting of a loop and the last three instructions form the loop. Since execution of the loop spends most of an execution time of this program, it is important to execute the last three instructions at high speed. In the data processor according to the present invention, eight operations included within a loop are encoded into three instructions and three or two operations are executed in parallel in each instruction, and loop operation is executed at high speed.




An instruction


301


is a 2-operation instruction for executing two operations in parallel, i.e., an operation (FLD)


303


for loading a floating point from a memory to a floating-point register FR


1


(this operation is encoded into the long format) and an operation (LDI)


304


for loading an immediate to a general purpose register RI (this operation is encoded into the short format). An instruction


302


is a 3-operation instruction for executing three operations in parallel, i.e., an operation (FLD)


305


for loading a floating point from a memory to a floating-point register FR


2


(this operation is encoded into the short format), an operation (ADDI)


306


for adding an immediate to a general purpose register R


1


(this operation is encoded into the short format) and an operation (ADDI)


307


for adding an immediate to a general purpose register R


2


(this operation is encoded into the short format).




A description “1COF” designated by numeral


313


is a field which indicates the timing and a condition of executing the operation (FLD)


303


. The first number “1” indicates that this operation is issued immediately after decoding and the following “COF” indicates that this operation is valid when the condition flag F


0


is “false=10”. The issuing timing “1” of the operation of the field


313


and the issuing timing “1” of an operation of a field


314


are encoded into the format field


10


of an instruction code of the format


1


, with a fact that this instruction is a 2-operation instruction. Execution conditions “COF” for the fields


313


and


314


are encoded into the respective execution condition field


20


corresponding to the operation (FLD)


303


and operation (LDI)


304


.




At processing of the instruction


301


, an operation code of the operation (FLD)


303


is cut out by the extraction unit


211


of the instruction mapper


101


, decoded by the ML decoder


231


, supplied to the control circuit


103


through the output processing unit


245


, and executed by the memory access unit


125


. An operation code of the operation (LDI)


304


is cut out by the extraction unit


204


of the instruction mapper


101


, decoded by the IS decoder


224


, supplied to the control circuit


103


through the output processing unit


242


, and executed by the IA


122


. Assuming that the flag F


0


is “10”, both the operation (FLD)


303


and the operation (LDI)


304


are valid and both timing designations are “1”. Hence, the operation (FLD)


303


and the operation (LDI)


304


are executed in parallel without any delay, and operation results are reflected in the registers FR


1


and R


1


.




Since the instruction


301


is an instruction in which operation fields of the short format are assigned to the bit


4


to bit


23


and operation fields of the long format are assigned to the bit


24


to bit


63


. bit strings cut out-by the extraction units


205


,


207


,


209


, and


210


which correspond to the remaining operation fields are not valid. Hence, the FM decoder


221


outputs an invalidating signal and decoded results are invalidated at the output processing unit


240


. Since operation codes cut out by the extraction units


202


,


203


,


206


,


208


,


212


, and


213


and then transferred to the decoder unit


220


are not operation codes which are to be decoded by the respective decoders, the decoder unit


220


changes these operation codes into null operation codes, and outputs them.




At processing of the instruction


302


, an operation code of the operation (FLD)


305


is cut out by the extraction unit


208


, decoded by the MS decoder


228


, supplied to the control circuit


103


through the output processing unit


245


, and executed by the memory access unit


125


. Operation codes of the operation (ADDI)


306


and (ADDI)


307


are cut out by the extraction units


205


and


207


, decoded by the IS decoders


225


and


227


, supplied to the control circuit


103


through the output processing units


243


and


244


, and executed by the IB


123


and IC


124


, respectively. Assuming that the flag F


0


is “10”, the operation (FLD)


305


and the operations (ADDI)


306


and the operation (ADDI)


307


are all valid and all the timing designation are “1”. Hence, the three operations are executed in parallel without any delay, and the operation results are reflected in the registers FR


2


, R


1


, and R


2


.




Since the instruction


302


is an instruction in which operation fields of the short format are assigned to the bit


4


to bit


23


, bit


24


to bit


43


, and bit


44


to bit


63


, bit strings cut out by the extraction units


203


,


206


,


211


, and


213


corresponding to the remaining operation fields are not valid. Hence, the FM decoder


221


outputs an invalidating signal and decoded results are invalidated by the output processing unit


240


. Operation codes cut out by the extraction units


202


,


204


,


209


,


210


, and


212


and then supplied to the decoder unit


220


are not operation codes which are to be decoded by the respective decoders, the decoder unit


220


changes these operation codes into null operations and outputs them.





FIG. 14

shows an assembler program which is obtained by unrolling loops of the source program shown in

FIG. 12

in such a manner that the four iterations of the source program are translated into one iteration. The purpose of unrolling the loops is to reduce the execution time of the program. While three instructions correspond to an operation of one iteration of the source program in the assembler program shown in

FIG. 13

, six instructions realize four iterations of the source program in the assembler program shown in FIG.


14


.




The reduction in the number of instructions is attributed to a reduction in branch operations BRA and to a use of an operation (FLD


4


)


309


for loading four data into four registers from a continuous area of the memory. In the data processor according to the present invention, since an execution time of the operation (FLD


4


)


309


for loading four data from the memory takes two clock cycles, the effect of reducing the number of operation does not always contribute directly a reduction in the execution time. However, since the assembler program shown in

FIG. 14

requires that an operation of four iterations of the source program is executed in nine clock cycles (the branch operation BRA and the operation FLD


4


are executed in two clock cycles each, and the remaining operations are executed in one clock cycle each), the assembler program shown in

FIG. 14

is at least twice faster than the assembler program shown in

FIG. 13

in which an operation of one iteration of the source program is executed in five clock cycles (the branch operation BRA is executed in two clock cycles and the remaining operations are executed in one clock cycle each).




FIG.


15


and

FIG. 16

are schematic diagrams showing programs for examining elements of an array X and counting the number of elements whose values exceed a constant value (XLIMIT).

FIG. 15

shows such a source program and

FIG. 16

shows an assembler program which is obtained by translating the source program.




The last three instructions of the assembler program of

FIG. 16

form a loop. An instruction


320


in the loop is consists of an operation (ADDI)


321


for adding an immediate to the register R


1


, a branch operation (BRA)


323


, and a null operation (NOP)


325


. The operation (ADDI)


321


is valid when a flag F


4


is “true=11” in accordance with a value “C4T” of an execution condition field


322


, and a new value is written into a register R


3


. Since the flag F


4


becomes “


11


” when the value of the element of the array X is larger than XLIMIT or “10” when the value of the element of the array X is equal to or smaller than XLIMIT by a result of an operation (FCGT)


326


, the operation (ADDI)


321


consequently counts the number of elements of the array X whose values exceed XLIMIT. The branch operation (BRA)


323


branches to a label L


1


when a flag F


3


is “false=10” in accordance with a value “C3F” of an execution condition


324


. The flag F


3


becomes “11” when the operation (CMP)


327


is done for the last element of the array X and becomes “10” in other cases. That is, the branch operation (BRA)


323


is used to control the DO loop of FIG.


15


.





FIG. 17

is a schematic diagram showing a source program described in the C-language for executing a pointer manipulation, and

FIG. 18

is a schematic diagram showing an assembler program which is obtained by translating the source program of FIG.


17


.




An instruction


330


executes three store operations (STW)


331


,


333


, and


330


. Values “1”, “2”, and “3” at the beginning of fields


332


,


334


, and


336


specify the timing of issuing the three store operations (STW)


331


,


333


and


335


in this instruction, respectively, these three store operations are executed sequentially. The operations


331


,


333


, and


335


are cut out by the extraction units


208


,


209


, and


210


of the instruction mapper


101


, respectively, decoded by the MS decoders


228


,


929


, and


230


, respectively, and outputted to the output processing unit


245


, respectively. The output processing unit


245


delays decoded results of the MtS decoder


2929


and


230


by one and two clock cycles, and supplies the delayed decoded results to the control circuit


103


, respectively, in accordance with a decoded result of the format field


10


which specifies the timing of issuing the respective operations. Hence, the three store operations (STW)


331


,


333


, and


335


are sequentially executed by the memory access unit


125


.




An instruction


340


executes a load operation (LDW)


341


, a comparison operation (CMP)


343


, and a branch operation (BRA)


345


. Values “1”, “2”, and “3” at the beginning of fields


342


,


344


, and


346


specify the timing of issuing the three operations in this instruction, respectively. These three operations are executed sequentially. The operations


341


,


343


, and


343


are encoded into three operation fields


12


,


13


, and


14


of the format


1


, respectively, cut out by the extraction units


209


,


207


, and


202


of the instruction mapper


101


, respectively, decoded by the MS decoder


229


, the IS decoder


227


, and the PCS decoder


222


, respectively, and outputted to the output processing units


245


,


244


, and


241


, respectively. In accordance with a decoded result of the format field


10


which specifies the timing of issuing the respective operations, the output processing units


244


and


241


delay the decoded results one and two clock cycles, respectively, and output the delayed results to the control circuit


103


in a specified order. Hence, the operation (LDW)


341


is executed first, the operation (CMP)


343


is executed next,and the operation (BRA)


345


is executed last. The operation (CMP)


343


uses the value which is loaded into the register R


1


as a result of the operation (LDW)


341


. The operation (BRA)


345


performs processing depending on the value of the flag F


3


which changes with a result of the operation (CMP)


343


. Therefore, the result of parallel execution of these three operation is different from the result of sequential execution of these three operations.





FIG. 19

is a schematic diagram showing a source program described in the C-language in which conditional statements (if statements) are nested, and

FIG. 20

is a schematic diagram showing an assembler program which is obtained by translating the source program of

FIG. 19

into an assembler language.




This program requires to perform special processing when a value of an element of an array is “2”, but otherwise it requires that elements of two arrays are scanned sequentially and either “1” or “−1” is returned depend on which array has a larger element value.




An operation (IFG)


350


is an instruction for initializing a flag. When this operation is executed, only the flag F


0


becomes “false=10” and the other flags F


1


to F


7


become “undefined=00”. Since each operation has an execution condition in the data processor according to the present invention, a valid operation cannot be executed under a condition that all flags have the value “00”. Hence, only The flag F


0


is set to become “10” in an initial state so that an operation is executed on a premise that the flag F


0


has the value “10” in the most part of the program. An operation (CNE)


351


examines whether a value of the register R


3


and a value of the register R


4


are not equal to each other (“not equal”), and reflects the result in the flag F


6


.




An operation (CLT)


352


examines whether a value of the register R


3


is smaller than a value of the register R


4


(“less than”), and reflects the result in the flag F


7


. Since an execution condition of this instruction is specified as “C6T”, the flag F


7


is changed to “11” or “10” only when the flag F


6


is “true=11”. That is, when the flag F


6


is “false=10”, the flag F


7


is kept “undefined=00”.




An operation (LDI)


353


is an operation whose result is validated when the flag F


7


is “11” so that a value “−1” is written into the register R


15


.




An operation (LDI)


354


is an operation whose result is validated when the flag F


7


is “10” so that a value “1” is written into the register R


15


.




An operation (JMP)


355


is an instruction which returns control to the caller routine when the flag F


6


is “11”. Then “aa≠bb”, a value “1” or “−1” is returned to the caller routine as a result of these three operations. When “aa=bb”, no value is written into the register R


15


and control is not returned to the caller routine.




Other Embodiments




The first embodiment described above is related to a data processor in which the format field


10


of an instruction consists of four bits and an instruction which specifies two or three operations despite being one instruction is executed. However, it is possible to realize a data processor for executing an instruction which includes a format field specifying the format of the instruction and the sequence of operations even when the bit number of the format field or the number of operations which can be specified with one instruction is different from that of the first embodiment.





FIG. 21

is a schematic diagram showing an instruction format used in a data processor according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which the format field consists of two bits and one instruction includes one or two operation fields.




The second embodiment uses two types of instruction formats. Reference numeral


401


is a format of a 2-operation instruction which is formed of one format field (FM)


410


and two operation fields


411


and


412


. Numeral


402


specifies a format of a 1-operation instruction which is formed of one format field (FM)


410


and one operation field


413


. In the second embodiment, an instruction has a fixed length of four bytes (thirty-two bits). Both the 2-operation instruction of the format


401


and the 1-operation instruction of the format


402


shown in

FIG. 21

each have a length of four bytes in total.




In the 2-operation instruction oF the format


401


, the two operation fields


411


and


412


each specify one operation code of a 15-bit short format. In the 1-operation instruction of the format


402


, the one operation field


413


specifies one operation code of a 30-bit long format.





FIG. 22

is a list showing the contents of the format field


410


, that is, detailed values and meanings of the format field


410


. In the second embodiment, the format field


410


has a 2-bit configuration and there are four types of the format field


410


. In the list, the symbols “1st”, “2nd” and “---” express similar meanings as those used in the first embodiment shown in FIG.


2


.




The format field


410


not only distinguishes the 2-operation instruction of the format


401


from the 1-operation instruction of the format


402


but also specifies the order of two operations. The order of the operations as herein termed includes an order for a case in which two operations are to be executed sequentially and an order for a case in which two operations are to be executed in parallel as shown in FIG.


22


.




A hardware configuration of the second embodiment is shown in FIG.


23


. The hardware configuration is similar to the hardware configuration of the first embodiment shown in

FIG. 10. A

principal difference is that the instruction decoder and the integer operation unit for an integer operation are formed of two sub-blocks rather than of three sub-blocks. To be more specific, of the three sets designated by


112


,


113


,


114


and


122


,


123


,


124


in

FIG. 10

, the two sets designated by


112


,


113


and


122


,


123


form the instruction decoder and the integer operation unit for an integer operation. Another principal difference is that the instruction decoder


116


and the operation unit


126


for a floating-point operation are omitted.





FIG. 24

is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of the instruction mapper


101


and the instruction decoder


102


which corresponds to the block diagram in FIG.


23


.




The instruction mapper


101


is configured by: the operation field extraction unit


200


for extracting the format field


410


and the operation fields


411


to


413


from a 32-bit instruction code outputted to the II bus


108


; and an FM decoder


621


for decoding the format field


410


.




Each one of extraction units


601


to


613


of the operation field extraction unit


200


extracts some of bit fields of an instruction code on the II bus


108


and outputs a bit string of each operation field corresponding to each one of the decoders


111


to


113


and


115


configuring the instruction decoder


102


. Of the thirty-two bits on the II bus


108


, the extraction unit


601


extracts bit


0


to bit


1


, the extraction unit


602


extracts bit


2


to bit


16


, the extraction unit


603


extracts bit


17


to bit


31


, the extraction unit


604


extracts bit


2


to bit


31


, the extraction unit


605


extracts bit


2


to bit


16


, the extraction unit


606


extracts bit


17


to bit


31


, the extraction unit


607


extracts bit


2


to bit


31


, the extraction unit


608


extracts bit


2


to bit


16


, the extraction unit


609


extracts bit


17


to bit


3


, the extraction unit


610


extracts bit


2


to bit


31


, the extraction unit


611


extracts bit


2


to bit


16


, the extraction unit


612


extracts bit


17


to bit


31


, and the extraction unit


613


extracts bit


2


to bit


31


. Extracted bits are outputted to the instruction decoder


102


.




The instruction decoder


102


(PCD


111


, IAD


112


, IBD


113


, MD


115


) is configured by the decoder unit


220


and the output processing unit


240


. More specifically, the PCD


111


is configured by a PCS decoder


622


for decoding a jump operation code of the short format extracted by the extraction unit


602


, a PCS decoder


623


for decoding a jump operation code of the short format extracted by the extraction unit


603


, a PCL decoder


624


for decoding a jump operation code of the long format extracted by the extraction unit


604


, and an output processing unit


641


. To the control circuit


103


, the output processing unit


641


outputs control signals which instruct for executing a jump operation according to an output from the PCS decoder


622


,


623


or the PCL decoder


624


, a non-jump operation for adding “8” to a current PC value, or a null operation, in accordance with decoded results performed by the four decoders, i.e., the PCS decoders


622


and


623


, the PCL decoder


624


, and the FM decoder


621


.




The IAD


112


is configured by an IS decoder


625


for decoding an integer operation code of the short format extracted by the extraction unit


605


, an IS decoder


626


for decoding an integer operation code of the short format extracted by the exzraction unit


606


, an IL decoder


627


for decoding an integer operation code of the long format extracted by the extraction unit


607


, and an output processing unit


642


. To the control circuit


103


, the output processing unit


642


outputs control signals which instruct for executing an integer operation according to an output from the IS decoder


625


,


626


or the IL decoder


627


, or a null operation, in accordance with decoded results performed by the four decoders, i. e., the IS decoders


625


and


626


, the IL decoder


627


, and the FM decoder


621


.




The IBD


113


is configured by an IS decoder


628


for decoding an integer operation code of the short format extracted by the extraction unit


608


, an IS decoder


629


for decoding an integer operation code of the short format extracted by the extraction unit


609


, an IL decoder


630


for decoding an integer operation code of the long format extracted by the extraction unit


610


and an output processing unit


643


. To the control circuit


103


, the output processing unit


643


outputs control signals which instruct for executing an integer operation according to an output from the IS decoder


62


S,


629


or the IL decoder


630


, or a null operation, in accordance with decoded results performed by the four decoders, i.e., the IS decoders


628


and


629


, the IL decoder


630


, and the FM decoder


621


.




The MD


115


is configured by MS decoders


631


and


639


for decoding memory access operation codes of the short format extracted by the extraction units


611


and


612


, an ML decoder


633


for decoding memory access operation codes of the long format extracted by the extraction unit


613


, and an output processing unit


644


. To the control circuit


103


, the output processing unit


644


outputs control signals which instruct for executing a memory access operation according to an output from the MS decoder


631


,


632


or the ML decoder


633


, or a null operation, in accordance with decoded results performed by the four decoders, i.e., the MS decoders


631


and


632


, the ML decoder


633


, and the FM decoder


621


.




Outputs from the output processing unit


640


(


641


to


644


) are inputted to the control circuit


103


and used to control an operation performed by the operation unit


104


. More particularly, an output from the output processing unit


641


is used to control of a PC calculation performed by the PC unit


121


. Outputs from the output processing units


642


and


643


are used to control integer operations performed by the integer operation mechanisms (IA, IB)


122


and


123


of the integer operation unit


120


, respectively. An output from the output processing unit


644


is used to control a memory access operation performed by the memory access unit


125


.





FIG. 25

is a schematic diagram showing an instruction format used in a data processor according to a third embodiment of the present invention, in which one or two 1-bit format fields are used and one instruction includes one or two operation fields.




The third embodiment uses two types of instruction formats. Reference numeral


501


is a format of a 2-operation instruction which is formed of two format fields (FM)


505


and


506


each consisting of one bit, and two operation fields


511


and


512


each consisting of fifteen bits. Numeral


502


designates a format of a 1-operation instruction which is formed of one format field


505


consisting of one bit and one operation field


513


consisting of thirty-one bits. In the third embodiment, an instruction has a fixed length of four bytes (thirty-two bits). Both the 2-operation instruction of the format


501


and the 1-operation instruction of a format


502


shown in

FIG. 25

each have a length of four bytes in total.




In the 2-operation instruction of the format


501


, the two operation fields


511


and


512


each designate one operation code of a 15-bit short format. In the 1-operation instruction of the format


502


, the one operation field


513


specifies one operation code of a 31-bit long format.





FIG. 26

is a list showing the contents of the format fields


505


and


506


, that is, detailed values and meanings of the format fields


505


and


506


. In the third embodiment, the format fields


505


and


506


each have a 1-bit configuration. Three types can be specified by total, i.e., two types can be specified for the instruction format


501


and one type can be specified for the instruction format


502


. In the list, the symbols “1st”, “2nd” and “---” express similar meanings as those used in the first and the second embodiments shown in FIG.


2


and

FIG. 22

described earlier.




The format fields


505


and


506


in the instruction formats used in the third embodiment are obtained by reducing and dividing the format field


410


which is in the instruction formats used in the second embodiment described above. The format field (FM) of the 2-operation instruction format


501


is divided into two fields


505


and


506


in the third embodiment. As compared with the second embodiment, in the third embodiment, the number of combinations of the format of an instruction and the sequence of executing operations which can be specified by the format fields


505


and


506


is reduced to three from four. However, instead of this, the length of the operation field


513


of the instruction format


502


of the long type is increased from thirty bits to thirty-one bits, and in addition, the operation fields


511


and


512


of the instruction format


501


of the short type are allocated in such a manner that the operation fields


511


and


512


do not cross a 16-bit boundary between the bit


15


and the bit


16


.




The hardware configuration of the third embodiment is similar to the hardware configuration of the second embodiment which is shown in FIG.


23


.





FIG. 27

is a block diagram showing an example of a specific configuration of the instruction mapper


101


and the instruction decoder


102


corresponding to the hardware configuration according to the third embodiment of the present invention.




The instruction mapper


101


is configured by: the operation field extraction unit


200


for extracting the format fields


505


and


506


and the operation fields


511


to


513


from a 32-bit instruction code outputted to the II bus


108


; and an FM decoder


721


for decoding the format fields


505


and


506


.




Each one of extraction units


701


to


713


of the operation field extraction unit


200


extracts some of bit fields of an instruction code on the II bus


108


and outputs a bit string of each operation field which corresponds to each one of the decoders


111


to


113


and


115


configuring the instruction decoder


102


. Of the thirty-two bits on the II bus


108


, the extraction unit


701


extracts bit


0


and bit


16


, the extraction unit


702


extracts bit I to bit


1


, the extraction unit


703


extracts bit


17


to bit


31


, the extraction unit


704


extracts bit


1


to bit


31


, the extraction unit


705


extracts bit


1


to bit


15


, the extraction unit


706


extracts bit


17


to bit


31


, the extraction unit


707


extracts bit


1


to bit


31


, the extraction unit


708


extracts bit


1


to bit


15


, the extraction unit


709


extracts bit


17


to bit


31


, the extraction unit


710


extracts bit


1


to bit


31


, the extraction unit


711


extracts bit


1


to bit


15


, the extraction unit


712


extracts bit


17


to bit


31


, and the extraction unit


713


extracts bit


1


to bit


31


. Extracted bits are outputted to the instruction decoder


102


.




The instruction decoder


102


(PCD


111


, IAD


112


, IBD


113


, MD


113


) is configured by the decoder unit


220


and the output processing unit


240


. More specifically, the PCD


111


is configured by a PCS decoder


722


for decoding a jump operation code of the short format extracted by the extraction unit


702


, a PCS decoder


723


for decoding a jump operation code of the short format extracted by the extraction unit


703


, a PCL decoder


724


for decoding a jump operation code of the long format extracted by the extraction unit


704


, and an output processing unit


741


. To the control circuit


103


, the output processing unit


741


outputs control signals which instruct for executing a jump operation according to an output from the PCS decoder


722


,


723


, or the PCL decoder


724


, a non-jump operation for adding “8” to a current PC value, or a null operation, in accordance with decoded results performed by the four decoders, i.e., the FCS decoders


722


and


723


, the PCL decoder


724


, and the FM decoder


721


.




The IAD


112


is configured by an IS decoder


725


for decoding an integer operation code of the short format extracted by the extraction unit


705


, an IS decoder


726


for decoding an integer operation code of the short format extracted by the extraction unit


706


, an IL decoder


727


for decoding an integer operation code of the long format extracted by the extraction unit


707


, and an output processing unit


742


. To the control circuit


103


, the output processing unit


742


outputs control signals which instruct for executing an integer operation according to an output from the IS decoder


725


,


726


, or the IL decoder


727


, or a null operation, in accordance with decoded results performed by the four decoders, i. e. , the IS decoders


725


and


726


, the IL decoder


727


, and the FM decoder


721


.




The IBD


113


is configured by an IS decoder


728


for decoding an integer operation code of the short format extracted by the extraction unit


708


, an IS decoder


7929


for decoding an integer operation code of the short format extracted by the extraction unit


709


, an IL decoder


730


for decoding an integer operation code of the long format extracted by the extraction unit


710


, and an output processing unit


743


. To the control circuit


103


, the output processing unit


743


outputs control signals which instruct for executing an integer operation according to an output from the IS decoder


728


,


729


, or the IL decoder


730


, or a null operation, in accordance with results of decoding performed by the four decoders, i.e., the IS decoders


728


and


729


, the IL decoder


730


, and the Fi decoder


721


.




The MD


115


is configured by MS decoders


731


and


732


for decoding memory access operation codes of the short format extracted by the extraction units


711


and


712


, an ML decoder


733


for decoding memory access operation codes of the long format extracted by the extraction unit


713


, and an output processing unit


744


. To the control circuit


103


, the output processing unit


744


outputs control signals which instruct for executing a memory access operation according to an output from one of the MS decoders


731


,


732


, and the ML decoder


733


or a null operation, in accordance with results of decoding performed by the four decoders, i.e., the MS decoders


731


and


732


, the NL decoder


733


, and the FM decoder


721


.




Outputs from the output processing unit


740


(


741


to


744


) are inputted to the control circuit


103


and used to control an operation performed by the operation unit


104


. More particularly, an output from the output processing unit


41


is used to control a PC calculation performed by the PC unit


121


. Outputs from the output processing units


742


and


743


are used to control integer operations performed by the integer operation mechanisms (IA, IB)


122


and


123


of the integer operation unit


120


, respectively. An output from the output processing unit


744


is used to control a memory access operation performed by the memory access unit


125


.




Each embodiment described above is related to a case where the types of operations arranged in operation fields are not limited as much as possible. However, as far as the types of operations which are arranged in operation fields may be limited, the data processor according to the present invention is realized with a hardware configuration being much simpler than that shown in FIG.


10


.




For example, when the symmetry of operations which can be arranged in the operation fields


511


and


512


of the third embodiment is eliminated, and the format fields


505


and


506


are “01”, operations are executed in parallel only when one of the operations is a null operation (i.e., there is no parallel operation in reality and parallel decoding alone is necessary) by limiting that a null operation only can be arranged in the operation field


512


. Then the operation fields


511


and


512


are always decoded sequentially by one instruction decoder. The scale of the hardware can be reduced to approximately half that of a case where operations can be arranged in both operation fields


511


and


512


.




A data processor according to the present invention comprises an instruction decoder for decoding an instruction and outputting control signals and a plurality of operating means, which are connected to the instruction decoder, for executing the instruction in accordance with the control signals. In the data processor, the instruction decoder outputs control signals for executing two operations while two operating means execute the operations when a 64-bit 2-operation instruction which consists of two operation fields and a format field is executed, for example, whereas the instruction decoder outputs control signals for executing three operations while three operating means execute the operations when a 64-bit 3-operation instruction which consists of three operation fields and a format field is executed, for example. Thus, in the data processor according to the present invention, by adjusting the number of operations which can be specified with one instruction while maintaining the length of instructions constant, an operation which includes a large quantity of necessary information, such as the register number and an immediate and in which operation codes are long, and an operation which includes a small quantity of the necessary information in which operation codes are short can be encoded into instruction codes having a fixed length. Hence, since processing for specifying an instruction length is not necessary and boundaries between instructions are always located at aligned address boundaries, instruction decoding becomes easy and a program can be described at an improved coding efficiency.




Further, a data processor according to the present invention comprises an instruction decoder for decoding an instruction and outputting control signals and a plurality of operating means, which are connected to the instruction decoder, for executing the instruction in accordance with the control signals. In the data processor, when a plural operation instruction consisting of two or three operation fields and a format field which specifies the number of operation fields and an order of executing operations specified by the operation fields is executed, for instance, the instruction decoder decodes a plural operation instruction and outputs two or three control signal groups in an order specified by the format field while two or three operating means execute operations specified by the respective control signal group. Thus, in the data processor according to the present invention, it is possible to change the number of operations which can be encoded with one instruction and the order of execution of encoded operations. Hence, a program can be described at an improved coding efficiency, using a fixed length plural operation instruction which determine the order of execution of the operations without using useless null operations.




Further, a data processor according to the present invention comprises an instruction decoder for decoding an instruction and outputting control signals and a plurality of operating means, which are connected to the instruction decoder, for executing the instruction in accordance with the control signals. In the data processor, when a plural operation instruction consisting of two or three operation fields and a format field which specifies the number of operation fields and an order of execution of operations specified by the operation fields is executed, for instance, the instruction decoder decodes a plural operation instruction and outputs two or three control signal groups in an order specified by the format field while two or three operating means sequentially execute operations specified by the respective control signal group, or when a plurality of operation instruction consisting of two or three operation fields and a format field which specifies the number of operation fields and simultaneous execution of operations specified by the operation fields is executed, the instruction decoder decodes a plural operation instruction and concurrently outputs two or three control signal groups while two or three operating means simultaneously execute operations specified by the control signal groups. Thus, it is possible to specify the number of operations which can be encoded with one instruction and to specify whether to simultaneously execute encoded operations or to sequentially execute encoded operations in the data processor according to the present invention. Hence, when operations which can be simultaneously executed in response to a fixed length plural operation instruction are simultaneously encoded and executed at high speed while operations which need be arranged in an order are encoded without using useless null operations at bettercoding efficiency and sequentially executed, a compact, high-speed program can be described.




Further, a data processor according to the present invention comprises an integer operation decoder for decoding a first operation field of an instruction and outputting control signals regarding an integer operation, an integer operation execution unit which is connected to the decoder to operate in accordance with the control signals regarding the integer operation, a memory access operation decoder for decoding the same operation field of the instruction and outputting control signals regarding memory accessing, and a memory access unit which is connected to the decoder to operate in accordance with the control signals regarding the memory accessing. In the data processor, when an instruction which specifies an integer addition by an operation field is processed, both the integer operation decoder and the memory access operation decoder decode the operation fields which specify the integer addition at the same time, the integer operation decoder outputs the control signals regarding the integer operation, the memory access operation decoder outputs the control signals regarding a null operation, the integer operation execution unit executes the integer addition and the memory access unit does not execute a valid memory access operation. When an instruction which specifies a load operation of loading data into a register from a memory in an operation field is processed, both the integer operation decoder and the memory access operation decoder decode the operation field which specifies the load operation simultaneously, the integer operation decoder outputs the control signals regarding a null operation, the memory access operation decoder outputs the control signals regarding a load operation, and the memory access unit executes the load operation. Thus, in the data processor according to the present invention, since one of two different operation execution units executes a valid operation for one operation field specified by the instruction while the other one of the two different operation units does not execute a valid operation, the two types of the operation execution units each operates in accordance with the control signal outputted from the exclusive decoder to process the instruction, depending on the type of the operation. Hence, the wiring of control signals connecting the decoders and the operation execution units becomes simple, thereby making it easy to design the circuit configuration. Further, each decoder has a simple function and can decode at high speed.




Further, a data processor according to the present invention comprises a first decoder for decoding a first operation field of an instruction and outputting a first control signal, a second decoder for decoding a second operation field and outputting a second control signal, an output processing unit which is connected to the first and the second decoders to receive both the first and the second control signals and selectively outputs one of the first and the second control signals, and a memory access unit which is connected to the output processing unit to operate in accordance with the control signal which is outputted from the output processing unit. In order to process a first instruction in which a load operation of loading data from a memory is specified by a first operation field and an addition of integers is specified by a second operation field, for instance, the first and the second decoders decode the first and the second operation fields at the same time, the first decoder outputs a control signal regarding the load operation, the second decoder outputs a control signal regarding a null operation, the output processing unit selectively outputs the control signal regarding the load operation to the memory access unit, the memory access unit executes the load operation, and in order to process a second instruction in which a right shift operation is specified by the first operation field and a load operation is specified by the second operation field, the first and the second decoders decode the first and the second operation fields in parallel, the first decoder outputs the control signal regarding a null operation, the second decoder outputs the control signal regarding the load operation, the output processing unit selectively outputs the control signal regarding the load operation to the memory access unit, the memory access unit executes the load operation. Thus, in the data processor according to the present invention, the plurality of decoders decode operation fields in parallel regardless of which one of a plurality of operation fields included in an instruction specifies an operation, the output processing unit eliminates a null operation from a result of the decoding and selectively outputs a valid operation to the operation units, and the same operation execution unit executes the specified operation. Hence, a data processor which executes an operation specified by operation fields whose number is larger than that of the operation execution units at high speed can be realized at an inexpensive cost.




As this invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit of essential characteristics thereof, the present embodiments are therefore illustrative and not restrictive, since the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims rather than by the description preceding them, and all changes that fall within the metes and bounds of the claims, or equivalence of such metes and bounds thereof are therefore intended to be embraced by the claims.

















TABLE 1











MNEMONIC




FUNCTION




FORMAT




TYPE




























1




MOV Rm, Rd




Copy word from a reg. to




SR




Integer








another reg.






2




CMP/f Rm, Rn




Compare general




SR




Integer






3




CMPI/f exp, Rm




Compare general




SI




Integer








immediate






4




ADD Rm, Rd




Add




SR




Integer






5




ADDI exp, Rd




Add immediate




SI




Integer






6




MUL Rm, Rd




Multiply




SR




Integer






7




SUB Rm, Rd




Subtract




SR




Integer






8




SHLI exp, Rd




Shift left immediate




SI




Integer






9




SHRAI exp, Rd




Shift right arithmetic




SI




Integer








immediate






10




SHRLI exp, Rd




Shift right logical




SI




Integer








immediate






11




SHVL Rm, Rd




Shift logical




SR




Integer






12




AND Rm, Rd




Logical AND




SR




Integer






13




NOT Rm, Rd




Logical NOT




SR




Integer






14




OR Rm, Rd




Logical OR




SR




Integer






15




XOR Rm, Rd




Logical exclusive OR




SR




Integer






16




BCLR Rm, Rd




Clear a bit




SR




Integer






17




BCLRI exp, Rd




Clear a bit immediate




SI




Integer






18




BNOT Rm, Rd




Invert a bit




SR




Integer






19




BNOTI exp, Rd




Invert a bit immediate




SI




Integer






20




BSET Rm, Rd




Set a bit




SR




Integer






21




BSETI exp, Rd




Set a bit




SI




Integer






22




BTST Rm, Rn




Test a bit




SR




Integer






23




BTSTI exp, Rn




Test a bit




SI




Integer






24




FMOV FRm, FRd




Copy data from a




SR




FP








floating-point reg.








to another








floating-point reg.



























TABLE 2











MNEMONIC




FUNCTION




FORMAT




TYPE




























1




LDB src, Rd




Load one byte to a reg.




SM, LM




Memory








with extension






2




LDBU src, Rd




Load one byte to a reg.




SM, LM




Memory








with zero extension






3




LDH src, Rd




Load one halfword to a




SM, LM




Memory








reg. with sign extension






4




LDHU src, Rd




Load one halfword to a




SM, LM




Memory








reg. with zero extension






5




LDI exp, Rd




Load immediate with sign




SI, LI




Ingeger






6




LDIU src, RD




Load immediate with zero




SI, LI




Integer








extension






7




LDW src, Rd




Load one word to a reg.




SM, LM




Memory






8




LDW2 src, Rd




Load two words to




SM, LM




Memory








registers






9




STB Rm, dest




Store one byte from a reg.




SM, LM




Memory






10




STH Rm, dest




Store one halfword from a




SM, LM




Memory








reg.






11




STW Rm, dest




Store one word from a reg.




SM, LM




Memory






12




STW4 Rm,




Store four words from




SM, LM




Memory







dest




registers






13




BRA pcdisp




Branch (PC-relative)




SB, LB




PC






14




BSR pcdisp




Branch to subroutine




SB, LB




PC








(PC-relative)






15




JMP pcadr




Jump




SM, LM




PC






16




JSR pcadr




Jump to subroutine




SM, LM




PC






17




NOP




NO operation




SB, LB




Integer






18




FLD/s src, FRd




Load data to a floating-




SM, LM




Memory








point reg.






19




FST/s FRm,




Store data from a float-




SM, LM




Memory







dest




ing-point reg.



























TABLE 3











MNEMONIC




FUNCTION




FORMAT




TYPE




























1




IFG




Initialize flags




MISC




Integer






2




LDILH src, Rd




Load immediate to lower




LI




Integer








halfword






3




LDIUH src, Rd




Load immediate to upper




LI




Memory








halfword






4




LDW3 src, Rd




Load three words to




LM




Memory








registers






5




LDW4 src, Rd




Load four words to




LM




Memory








registers






6




MFFG Rd




Move from flags




MISC




Integer






7




MTFG Rm




Move to flags




MISC




Integer






8




STW2 Rm, dest




Store two words from




LM




Memory








registers






9




STW3 Rm, dest




Store three words from




LM




Memory








registers






10




CAcc/c Rm,




Compare and logical




LR




Integer







Rn, Fs, Fd






11




CAIcc/c exp,




Compare immediate and




LI




Integer







Rm, Fs, Fd




logical AND






12




Ccc Rm, Rn, Fd




Compare




LR




Integer






13




CIcc exp, Rm, Fd




Compare immediate




LI




Integer






14




CSTRcc Rm,




Compare byte strings




LR




Integer







Rn, Fd






15




CUAcc/c Rm,




Compare unsigned and




LR




Integer







Rn, Fs, Fd




logical AND






16




CUAIcc/c exp,




Compare immediate un-




LI




Integer







Rm, Fs, Fd




signed and logical AND






17




CUcc Rm, Rn,




Compare unsigned




LR




Integer







Fd






18




CUIcc exp,




Compare immediate




LI




Integer







Rm, Fd




unsigned






19




ADD3 Rm, Rn,




Add with three operands




LR




Integer







Rd






20




ADDI3 exp,




Add immediate with




LI




Integer







Rm, Rd




three operands






21




ADDX Rm, Rn,




Add with carry




LR




Integer







Rd






22




DIV Rm, Rn, Rd




Divide




LR




Integer






23




MAD Rk,




Multiply and add




LR




Integer







Rm, Rn, Rd






24




MULUX Rm,




Multiply unsigned with




LR




Integer







Rn, Rd




extended precision






25




REM Rm, Rn, Rd




Get remainder and




LR




Integer








quotient






26




SUB3 Rm, Rn,




Subtract with three




LR




Integer







Rd




operands






27




SUBI3 exp,




Subtract immediate with




LI




Integer







Rm, Rd




three operands






28




SUBX Rm, Rn,




Subtract with borrow




LR




Integer







Rd






29




ROT3 Rm, Rn,




Rotate with three




LR




Integer







Rd




operands






30




ROTI3 exp,




Rotate immediate with




LI




Integer







Rm, Rd




three operands






31




SHVAI3 exp,




Shift arithmetic imme-




LI




Integer







Rm, Rd




diate with three operands






32




SHVC Rm, Rn




Shift concatenated reg-




LR




Integer







Rd




isters






33




SHVC4 Rm, Rn,




Shift concatenated four




LR




Integer







Rd




registers






34




SHVL3 Rm, Rn,




Shift logical with




LR




Integer







Rd




three operands






35




SHVLI3 exp,




Shift logical immediate




LI




Integer







Rm, Rd




with three operands






36




ANDI3 exp,




Logical AND immediate




LI




Integer







Rm, Rd






37




ORI3 exp,




Logical OR immediate




LI




Integer







Rm, Rd




immediate






38




XORI3 exp,




Logical exclusive OR




LI




Integer







Rm, Rd




immediate






39




BSCH/b Rm,




Search for a bit




MISC




Integer







Rm, Rd






40




LDCTX Rd




Load a context




MISC




Memory






41




MFC CRm, Rd




Move from a control reg.




MISC




Integer






42




MTC Rm, CRd




Move to a control reg.




MISC




Integer






43




REIT




Return from EIT




MISC




PC






44




STCTX Rm




Store the current




MISC




Memory








context






45




TRAP vector




Trap




MISC




PC






46




WAIT imask




Set an interrupt mask




MISC




Integer








and wait






47




SCMP Rs1, Rs2,




Compare strings




MISC




Memory







Rc, Fd






48




SMOV Rs, Rd,




Move a string




MISC




Memory







Rc, Fd






49




SSCH Rs, Rc




Search for an element




MISC




Memory







Rc, Ru, Fd




in a string






50




SSTR Rs, Rc,




Fill a string with an




MISC




Memory







Ru, Fd




element






51




BVMP Rsb,




Manipulate bit fields




MISC




Memory







Rso, Rdb, Rdo,







Rp, Rw, Rh, Rtw






52




BVPAT Rs, Rdb




Manipulate bit fields




MISC




Memory







Rdo, Rp, Rw,







Rh, Rtw






53




BVSCH/b Rm,




Search for a bit in a




MISC




Memory







Rn, Rd




bit field






54




FLD2/s src




Load two data to float-




LM




Memory







FRd




ing-point registers






55




FLD3/s src,




Load three data to float-




LM




Memory







FRd




ing point registers






56




FLD4/s src,




Load four data to float-




LM




Memory







FRd




ing point registers






57




FST2/s FRm,




Store two data from




LM




Memory







dest




floating point registers






58




FST3/s FRm,




Store three data from




LM




Memory







dest




floating-point registers






59




FST4/s FRm,




Store four data from




LM




Memory







dest




floating-point registers






60




FCAcc/c/s FRm,




Compare real and




LR




FP







FRn, Fs, Fd




logical AND






61




FCcc/s FRm,




Compare real




LR




FP







FRn, Fd






62




FABS/f/s




Negate real




LR




FP







FRm, FRd






63




FADD/f/s FRm,




Add real




LR




FP







FRn, FRd






64




FCDTS/f FRm,




Convert double to single




LR




FP







FRd






65




FCFI/f/s Rm,




Convert a signed data




LR




FP







FRd




from integer to floating








point






66




FCFIU/f/s Rm,




Convert an unsigned data




LR




FP







FRd




from integer to








floating-point






67




FCSTD/f FRm,




Convert single to double




LR




FP







FRd






68




FCTI/f/s FRm,




Convert a signed data




LR




FP







Rd




from floating-point








to integer






69




FCTIU/f/s




Convert an unsigned data




LR




FP







FRm, Rd




from floating-point








to integer






70




FDIV/f/s FRm,




Divide real




LR




FP







FRn, FRd






71




FMAD/f/s FRk,




Multiply and add real




LR




FP







FRm, FRn, FRd






72




FMUL/f/s FRm,




Multiply real




LR




FP







FRn, FRd






73




FNEG/f/s FRm,




Negate real




LR




FP






74




FSUB/f/s FRm,




Subtract real




LR




FP







FRn, FRd













Claims
  • 1. A data processor comprising:an instruction decoder for decoding an instruction including a plurality of operation fields and an execution order specifying field which specifies the order of execution of the plurality of operation fields; an execution unit which receives decoded results from said instruction decoder, for performing operations specified by the plurality of operation fields, said execution unit performing the operations in parallel when said execution order specifying field has a first value, and performing the operations serially when said execution order specifying field has a second value, wherein said execution order specifying field includes a plurality of sub-fields provided corresponding to the plurality of operation fields and arranged separately and adjacently to the corresponding operation fields in said instruction.
  • 2. The data processor of claim 1, wherein each sub-field in the execution order specifying field and the corresponding operation field has N bytes in total.
  • 3. The data processor of claim 1, wherein each sub-field has one bit.
  • 4. A data processor comprising:an instruction decoder for decoding a plurality of operation fields and an execution order specifying field which specifies the order of execution of the plurality of operation fields; and an execution unit which receives decoded results from said instruction decoder, for performing operations specified by the plurality of operation fields, said execution unit performing the operations in parallel when said execution order specifying field has a first value, and performing the operations serially when said execution order specifying field has a second value, wherein said execution order specifying field includes a plurality of sub-fields provided corresponding to the plurality of operation fields and arranged separately and adjacently to the corresponding operation fields.
  • 5. The data processor of claim 4, wherein each sub-field in the execution order specifying field and the corresponding operation field has N bytes in total.
  • 6. The data processor of claim 4, wherein each sub-field has one bit.
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
7-176380 Jul 1995 JP
Parent Case Info

This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/056,650, filed Apr. 8, 1998, U.S. Pat. No. 6,115,806, which is a continuation of 08/574,282 filed Dec. 18,1995, U.S. Pat. No. 5,761,470.

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Continuations (1)
Number Date Country
Parent 08/574282 Dec 1995 US
Child 09/056650 US