公开(公告)号：CA2444543A1

公开(公告)日：2002-11-07

申请号：CA2444543

申请日：2002-04-26

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： GLOSSNER CLAIR JOHN III ,  ALTMAN ERIK R ,  HOKENEK ERDEM ,  MELTZER DAVID ,  MOUDGILL MAYAN

IPC: G06F9/38

Abstract: A processor for processing a first instruction form and a second instruction form of an instruction set comprises execution units (301-305) connected to an instruction fetch unit (322) for the first instruction form and a sequencer (325) for the second instruction form. The processor comprises a decode unit (323) for decoding instructions of the first instruction form into control signals for the execution units (301-305), and buffers (306-310), proximate to the execution units (301-305), for storing predecoded instructions of the second instruction form.