Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing – Instruction decoding – Decoding instruction to accommodate plural instruction...
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-27
2006-06-27
Eng, David Y. (Department: 2155)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing
Instruction decoding
Decoding instruction to accommodate plural instruction...
Reexamination Certificate
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07069421
ABSTRACT:
A microprocessor chip, and methods for use in that microprocessor chip. The chip has instruction pipeline circuitry and address translation circuitry. Table lookup circuitry indexes into a table, the table having an entry associated with each corresponding address range translated by the address translation circuitry. Each entry of the table describes a likelihood of the existence of an alternate coding of instructions located in the respective corresponding address range. The table lookup circuitry retrieves a table entry corresponding to the address, and is operable as part of the basic instruction cycle of executing an instruction of a non-supervisor mode program executing on a computer. Interrupt circuitry is cooperatively designed with the instruction pipeline circuitry to trigger an interrupt on execution of an instruction of a process, synchronously based at least in part on a memory state of the computer and the address of the instruction, the architectural definition of the instruction not calling for an interrupt. A handler for the interrupt is responsive to the contents of the table to affect the instruction pipeline circuitry to effect control of an architecturally-visible data manipulation behavior or control transfer behavior of the instruction based on the contents of a table entry associated with the instruction.
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Hohensee Paul H.
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Reese David L.
Van Dyke Korbin S.
Yates, Jr. John S.
ATI Technologies SRL
Boundy David E.
Eng David Y.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
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