Instruction encoding techniques for area minimization of instruction ROM
T. Okuma, H. Tomiyama, A. Inoue, E. Fajar, H. Yasuura · 2002
In this paper we propose instruction encoding techniques for embedded system design, which encode immediate fields of instructions to reduce the size of an instruction memory. Although our proposed techniques require an additional decoder for the encoded immediate values, experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of our techniques to reduce the chip area.