Inventors:
Lucian Codrescu - Austin TX, US
Erich Plondke - Austin TX, US
Muhammad Ahmed - Austin TX, US
William Anderson - Austin TX, US
Taylor Simpson - Austin TX, US
International Classification:
G06F 15/00
Abstract:
A processor device is disclosed and includes a memory and a sequencer that is responsive to the memory. The sequencer can support very long instruction word (VLIW) instructions and superscalar instructions. The processor device further includes a first instruction execution unit responsive to the sequencer, a second instruction execution unit responsive to the sequencer, a third instruction execution unit responsive to the sequencer, and a fourth instruction execution unit responsive to the sequencer. Further, the processor device includes a plurality of register files and each of the plurality of register files includes a plurality of registers. The plurality of register files are coupled to the sequencer and coupled to the first instruction execution unit, the second instruction execution unit, the third instruction execution unit, and the fourth instruction execution unit.