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On Instruction Sets and Their Fornmts


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 More

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)
Page(s): 242 - 254
Date of Publication: 31 March 1985

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