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Microprocessor which automatically rearranges the data order of the transferred data based on predetermined order

  • US 5,107,415 A
  • Filed: 03/31/1989
  • Issued: 04/21/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A microprocessor, which exchanges with external elements data of a plurality of bits arranged in a predetermined order, comprising:

  • area assignment means for preassigning an area in an address space of a memory;

    order information holding means for holding order information of data transferred from an external element and stored in the area preassigned by said area assignment means, the order information indicating whether the transferred data are arranged in the predetermined order;

    data source determination means, responsive to the output of said area assignment means, for determining whether data stored in the memory and accessed by the microprocessor are from the preassigned area; and

    order rearrangement means, responsive to the output of said order information holding means and the output of said data source determination means, for automatically rearranging the data order of the accessed data if the accessed data are not arranged in the predetermined order when said data source determination means determines that the accessed data are from the preassigned area.

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