Efficient encoding of machine instructions

In the embedded domain, memory usage and energy consumption are critical constraints.Embedded processors such as the ARM and MIPS provide a 16-bit instruction set, (called Thumb in the case of the ARM family of processors), in addition to the 32-bit ...

Very long instruction word (VLIW) machines potentially provide the most direct way to exploit instruction-level parallelism; however, they cannot be used to emulate current general-purpose instruction set architectures. In addition, programs scheduled ...

Relocation adjusts machine instructions to account for changes in the locations of the instructions themselves or of external symbols to which they refer. Standard linkers implement a finite set of relocation transformations, suitable for a single ...