26-07-2017 дата публикации
Номер: GB0002546465A
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Disclosed is a data processing apparatus 2 that has a first set of processing circuitry 8, 12, 18, 20, 22 that processes operations in a first mode of operation and a second set of processing circuitry 8, 12, 14, 18, 20, 22, 24 that processes operations in a second mode of operation. There are within the supported instruction set, a first proper subset of program instructions are processed by the processor selectively using the first mode or the second mode, and a second proper subset of program instructions which are required to be processed by the processor operating in the second mode. The two sets of processing circuitry may have different energy consumption and processing speeds. The second program instruction set may be larger than the first instruction set and the instructions in the second set are longer then in the first set. The second instruction set may include floating point instructions. Processing circuitry which is inactive in a mode of operation may be placed into a low ...
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