A programmable processor and method for improving the performance of processors by expanding at least two source operands, or a source and a result operand, to a width greater than the width of either the general purpose register or the data path width. The present invention provides operands which are...http://www.google.com/patents/US20080189512?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20080189512 - Processor for executing switch and translate instructions requiring wide operands
