SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING DISTRIBUTED INSTRUCTION BUFFERS HOLDING A SECOND INSTRUCTION FORM

摘要

A processor for processing a first instruction form and a second instruction form of an instruction set comprises execution units (301-305) connected to an instruction fetch unit (322) for the first instruction form and a sequencer (325) for the second instruction form. The processor comprises a decode unit (323) for decoding instructions of the first instruction form into control signals for the execution units (301-305), and buffers (306-310), proximate to the execution units (301-305), for storing predecoded instructions of the second instruction form.