摘要 |
A circuit for executing conditional branch instructions in a pipeline process comprises registers for retaining condition codes settled at different stages, respectively, registers for retaining pipeline tags identifying instructions at the respective stages and indicating the stage where the condition codes are settled, and a branch controller for deciding settlement of condition codes for conditional branch instructions existing at the respective stage according to the tags in a plurality of stages, and for selecting the settled condition codes from among the condition codes stored in the registers. <IMAGE> |