Data processor utilizing combined order instructions

• US 3,360,780 A
• Filed: 10/07/1964
• Issued: 12/26/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Michael P. Fabisch
• Original Assignee: Michael P. Fabisch
• Inventors: Fabisch, Michael P.
• Application Number:
  US04/402,273
• Time in Patent Office: 1,175 Days
• US Class Current: 712/220
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/30032 Movement instructions, e.g. MOVE, SHIFT, ROTATE, SHUFFLE
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/30043 LOAD or STORE instructions; Clear instruction
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/30185 according to one or more bits in the instruction, e.g. prefix, sub-opcode

Claims

18. IN A DATA PROCESSOR THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF REGISTERS, AN ORDER DISTRIBUTOR CONTAINING AN INSTRUCTION WORD, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A SPECIFIED INSTRUCTION WORD FOR BOTH PERFORMING A FIRST OPERATION AND FOR CONTROLLING THE SHIFTING OF DATA IN ONE OF SAID REGISTERS BY AN AMOUNT SPECIFIED BY SAID INSTRUCTION WORD, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID INSTRUCTION WORD SPECIFYING THE SHIFTING OF SAID DATA BY AN IMPLAUSIBLE AMOUNT FOR INHIBITING SAID SHIFTING AND FOR PERFORMING INSTEAD A SECOND OPERATION.

19. IN A DATA PROCESSOR THE COMBINATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAIM 18 WHEREIN SAID MEANS FOR PERFORMING A FIRST OPERATION INCLUDES MEANS FOR READING A DATA WORD INTO A SECOND OF SAID REGISTERS AND SAID MEANS FOR PERFORMING SAID SECOND OPERATION INCLUDES MEANS FOR READING SAID DATA WORD INTO A THIRD OF SAID REGISTERS.