PROCESSOR INSTRUCTION SEQUENCE TRANSLATION

摘要

Method for translating a sequence of instructions is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method includes recognizing a candidate multi-instruction sequence, determining that the multi-instruction sequence corresponds to a single instruction, and executing the multi-instruction sequence by executing the single instruction.

主权项

1. A method of executing processor instructions, comprising:
retrieving a multi-instruction sequence from memory for execution by a processor; responsive to determining that operations of the multi-instruction sequence is functionally equivalent to operation of a first instruction, replacing the multi-instruction sequence with the first instruction; executing the multi-instruction sequence by executing the first instruction.