Patent ID: 7389408

Claim:
A method comprising: constructing a constant operand of a first one of a stream of operations having an ordering, the constructing via referencing one or more bit fields of a stream of bit fields corresponding to the stream of operations, the referencing according to a window into the stream of operations, the window including the first operation and one or more additional operations, wherein the additional operations include: operations of the stream of operations that immediately precede the first operation according to the ordering, operations of the stream of operations that immediately follow the first operation according to the ordering, or both operations of the stream of operations that immediately precede the first operation according to the ordering, and operations of the stream of operations that immediately follow the first operation according to the ordering; and repeating the constructing with a second operation of the stream of operations; and wherein the constructing and the repeating occur as part of processing by a processor implemented within an integrated circuit.