Branch instruction for processor

摘要

A processor such as a parallel hardware-based multithreaded processor ( 12 ) is described. The processor ( 12 ) can execute a computer instruction that is a branch instruction that causes an instruction sequence in the processor to branch on any specified bit of a register ( 80, 78, 76 b) being set or cleared and which specifies which bit of the specified register to use as a branch control bit.