Appeal No. 96-0635
Application 08/132,410
all the claims remaining in the application. An amendment
after final rejection was filed on March 20, 1995 and was
entered by the examiner.
The disclosed invention pertains to a computer system
for executing microinstructions. More particularly, first and
second buffers are provided for storing transient and
relatively permanent microinstructions respectively. The
invention is related to the manner in which erroneous
instructions in the buffers are detected and the manner in
which erroneous instructions are replaced.
Representative claim 9 is reproduced as follows:
9. A computer system for executing microinstructions,
said system comprising:
a processor;
a first buffer for storing a plurality of blocks of
transient microinstructions;
a second buffer for storing a plurality of blocks of
microinstructions which are loaded at power up and remain
loaded except if erroneously loaded;
means for directing said processor to execute
microinstructions in order and determining when a next
microinstruction to be executed is not stored in said first or
second buffers;
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