I think my earlier post got buried in quick fashion. Will try again.
This is the Markman finding.
<The specification and prosecution history refer to the fact that operands in the instruction register must be right justified. The applicants, however, did not exclude a single 32-bit instruction as an instruction group. In a preferred embodiment, a microprocessor fetches instructions “in 32-bit chunks called 4-byte instruction groups” where an “instruction group may contain from one to four instructions.” ‘584 patent, 23:4-5, 19:18-19. If a 4-byte (or 32-bit) instruction group contains one instruction, then the instruction group may contain a single 32-bit instruction. >
Question. Why did ARM want to exclude a single 32bit instruction as an instruction group? ARM did not get that part of the construction. If there is no downside for ARM, why bother trying to get it excluded? Can anyone shed any light? Opty
