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+`include "parameters.vh"
+`include "encoding.vh"
+
+/*
+ * This combinational logic will output
+ * whether or not an instruction is a branch
+ * or not, for now.
+ */
+module pre_decode(
+  input [`INSTR_WIDTH-1:0] instruction,
+  // available readback_fifo entries in terms of read count
+  input [11:0]             buffer_space,
+  output [11:0]            read_size,
+  output                   is_branch,
+  output                   is_end,
+  output                   is_ddr_start,
+  output                   need_flush,
+  output                   is_sleep
+  );
+
+  // When an instruction is non_ddr and has 
+  // is_branch flag set
+  assign is_branch = instruction[`BRANCH_OFFSET]
+                        && ~instruction[`DDR_OFFSET];
+                        
+  assign is_end    = &(~instruction);
+  
+  // encountered a ddr command segments
+  assign is_ddr_start = instruction[`INFO_OFFSET]
+                        && ~instruction[`DDR_OFFSET];
+  
+  assign read_size    = instruction[9:0];
+  // if there are more reads than we can buffer
+  assign need_flush   = is_ddr_start && (read_size > buffer_space);    
+       
+  assign is_sleep     = instruction[`BRANCH_OFFSET] && 
+                            instruction[`FU_CODE_OFFSET +: 8] == `SLEEP;
+                        
+endmodule