Method and apparatus for controlling conditional branch instructions for a pipeline type data processing apparatus

摘要

A method and apparatus for controlling a conditional branch instruction in a pipeline type data processing apparatus which are adapted to judge whether or not a conditional branch instruction is valid, judge whether or not a condition code necessary for a taken/not-taken judgement made for the conditional branch instruction is valid, and selectively make a taken/not-taken judgement for the conditional branch instruction in accordance with the results of the judgements made to the conditional branch instruction and the condition code.