Patent ID: 6266807
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for executing instructions on an application-specific microprocessor having a machine language with a processor description, comprising the steps of:providing microcontroller-like instructions in a non-directly executable format, for execution on the processor;compiling, using said processor description, high-level DSP-like functions into DSP-like instructions into a directly executable format for execution on the processor;combining the microcontroller-like instructions with the DSP-like instructions to produce a program, the program having a non-directly executable portion and a directly executable portion respectively;executing the program by pre-processing, using said processor description, the non-directly executable portion of the program into directly executable instructions, and by directly executing the directly executable portion of the program, such that the application-specific microprocessor executes both the DSP-like instructions and the microcontroller-like instructions.