Abstract:
Central to instruction set design is the issue of the instruction format. We discuss some common format encoding techniques, and introduce a method of representing high-l...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Central to instruction set design is the issue of the instruction format. We discuss some common format encoding techniques, and introduce a method of representing high-level language parse trees by means of formats that cover successively larger portions of a tree. We then introduce variations on the method that represent directed acyclic graphs as well as simple parse trees, and that encode constants in a special fashion. For a particular representation, we measure the number of times each format is executed to run a sample program to completion.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Computers ( Volume: C-34, Issue: 3, March 1985)