A method and apparatus for compacting VLIW instructions in a processor having multiple functional units and including a buffer for storing compacted instructions, wherein NOP codes are eliminated from the compacted instruction and each compacted instruction includes words which contain an operation code...http://www.google.com.hk/patents/US5930508?utm_source=gb-gplus-share專利 US5930508 - Method for storing and decoding instructions for a microprocessor having a plurality of function units