Context save with variable save state size
US11275588B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 1, 2017 |
| Grant date | Mar 15, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3851
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments of an apparatus comprising a decoder to decode an instruction having fields for an opcode and a destination operand and execution circuitry to execute the decoded instruction to perform a save of processor state components to an area located at a destination memory address specified by the destination operand, wherein a size of the area is defined by at least one indication of an execution of an instruction operating on a specified group of processor states are described.
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