Method and apparatus for hardware awareness of data types

Details Method and apparatus for hardware awareness of data types Method and apparatus for hardware awareness of data types

2008-06-10

2008-06-10

Kim, Matt (Department: 2186)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Control technique

Reexamination Certificate

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07386690

ABSTRACT:
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions in a processor for associating a data type with a memory location. The type is associated with a location by means of metadata that is generated and manipulated by hardware instructions that are typically generated by a compiler as it generates the other instructions that comprise the machine code version of a program. A determination is made as to whether a data value about to be stored is of the required data type for that location. The hardware indicates an error condition if the types do not match.

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