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Microprogram control system

Granted 30 Jul 1985 · no office action yet

Application
254762
filed 16 Apr 1981
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US 4,532,585
granted 30 Jul 1985

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Abstract

A microprogram control system of the invention has a mapping read only memory storing the respective initial addresses of a plurality of microprogram routines corresponding to a macroinstruction. The address input information to this mapping read only memory is obtained from an output of a binary counter which counts every time a JUMP instruction for making a branch to another microprogram routine is decoded, and from an output of a latch circuit for holding the operation code of the macroinstruction. When the microprogram routine has loops, a count inhibit signal is input to the binary counter so that the same address input information may be supplied to the mapping read only memory.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
364/200

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