An automated processor design tool uses a description of customized processor instruction set extensions in a standardized language to develop a configurable definition of a target instruction set, a Hardware Description Language description of circuitry necessary to implement the instruction set, and...http://www.google.ca/patents/US6477683?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6477683 - Automated processor generation system for designing a configurable processor and method for the same
Automated processor generation system for designing a configurable processor ...