A hardware controlled pipelined processor having an interpretive storage and multiple execution units employs interpretive storage "milli-instructions" and an interpretive execution "milli-mode". Additional hardware controlled instructions that are exclusively used in milli-mode may be added to provide...http://www.google.de/patents/US5280593?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5280593 - Computer system permitting switching between architected and interpretation instructions in a pipeline by enabling pipeline drain