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Combined instruction for addition and checking of terminals

US10817288B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 19, 2017
Grant dateOct 27, 2020
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Expiry dateJun 15, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/073
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A processor core comprising in its set of instructions, a combined addition and bound-checking instruction (ADDCK) defining an integer n implicitly, or explicitly as a parameter of the instruction; an adder having a width p strictly greater than n bits; and a processing circuit (MUX, 42) designed to respond to the combined instruction by activating an overflow signal (BX) when the adder generates a carry of rank n during the addition of operands of width p.

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