Appeal No. 2000-1356
Application 07/979,772
means for fetching a plurality of instructions;
predecode means for predecoding said plurality of
instructions fetched by said fetching means and for generating
information used for determining whether said plurality of
instructions can be processed in parallel;
a cache memory for storing said plurality of instructions
and said information generated by said predecode means, said
cache memory outputs said plurality of instructions in
parallel along with said information; and
an execution unit for executing said plurality of
instructions based on said information output from said cache
memory along with said plurality of instructions.
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
Lee et al. (Lee) 4,722,050 Jan. 26, 1988
Claims 38, 40 to 64, 91, 92, 120 to 146, 173, 174, and
181 to 184 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Lee.
Rather than repeat the positions and the arguments of
Appellants or the Examiner, we make reference to the briefs2
and the answer for their respective positions.
OPINION
We have considered the rejection advanced by the
Examiner. We have, likewise, reviewed Appellants’ arguments
against the rejection as set forth in the briefs.
2A reply brief was filed as paper no. 50 and was entered
in the record without any response from the Examiner.
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