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Variable delay branch system

  • US 4,974,155 A
  • Filed: 08/15/1988
  • Issued: 11/27/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/15/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A process for a pipeline computer operation of branching from an existing sequence of instructions to a branch sequence of instructions under control of data in said existing sequence of instructions, the process including the steps of:

  • fetching instructions of said existing sequence and detecting a branch command in an instruction of the existing sequence to designate a branch instruction;

    fetching said branch instruction to initiate a branch sequence of instructions;

    executing instructions of said existing sequence of instructions to detect a split command in an instruction of the existing sequence indicating a time to branch; and

    branching from said existing sequence of instructions to said branch sequence of instructions under control of said split command to establish said branch sequence of instructions for execution as the existing sequence of instructions.

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