ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,217, issued on June 24.
"Apparatus and methods related to microcode instructions indicating instruction types" was invented by Shawn Rosti (Eagle, Idaho) and Timothy P. Finkbeiner (Boise, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to microcode instructions indicating instruction types. One example apparatus comprises a memory storing a set of microcode instructions. Each microcode instruction of the set can comprise a first field comprising a number of control data units, and a second field comprising a number of type select data units. Each microcode instruction of the set ca...