DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING AN EXTERNAL INSTRUCTION SET AND AN INTERNAL INSTRUCTION SET

摘要

THERE IS PROVIDED A SYSTEM HAVING: AN EXECUTION CORE OPERABLE TO EXECUTE INTERNAL INSTRUCTIONS; A TRANSLATION BUFFER OPERABLE TO STORE A PLURALITY OF INTERNAL INSTRUCTION BLOCKS OF ONE OR MORE INTERNAL INSTRUCTIONS, SAID INTERNAL INSTRUCTION BLOCKS BEING A DYNAMIC TRANSLATION OF RESPECTIVE EXTERNAL INSTRUCTION BLOCKS OF ONE OR MORE EXTERNAL INSTRUCTIONS; A REMAPPER RESPONSIVE TO AN EXECUTION REQUEST FOR AN EXTERNAL INSTRUCTION THAT IS WITHIN ONE OF SAID EXTERNAL INSTRUCTION BLOCKS TO IDENTIFY A CORRESPONDING INTERNAL INSTRUCTION BLOCK STORED WITHIN SAID TRANSLATION BUFFER SUCH THAT ONE OR MORE INTERNAL INSTRUCTIONS FROM SAID CORRESPONDING INTERNAL INSTRUCTION BLOCK CAN BE SUPPLIED TO SAID EXECUTION CORE. [FIGURE 4]