Appendix A SC140 DSP Core Instruction Set

A.1 Introduction

This appendix describes in detail the SC140 instruction set, its encoding, and its syntax. The first pages of this appendix contain information common to all of the instructions such as the conventions, notation, and syntax used in the Appendix. Next, the encoding for the prefix words is given. Then, the names and simple descriptions of the instructions are listed in functional groups. At the end of the introductory section, a single page describes the format of the instruction descriptions, which are listed in alphabetical order through the bulk of the Appendix.

Each non-prefix instruction activates one functional unit in the SC140 architecture. The architecture can be viewed as several functional units operating in parallel:

Four arithmetic logic units (ALUs)

Two address arithmetic units (AAUs)

One bit mask unit (BMU)

One program controller (PSEQ)

Several instructions can be grouped together for parallel execution.

The instruction set has been designed to enable efficient parallel execution of DSP algorithms and control code, using high-level language compilers, achieving maximum speed and minimum power consumption. This extensive range of instruction capabilities also provides a very powerful assembly language for DSP algorithms and general-purpose computing. Certain programming rules apply regarding the ability to group instructions that activate the various units, because of their use of shared resources.

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