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Pipelined data processing including interrupts

US5724566A · kind A · utility

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22Claims
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Filing dateOct 31, 1996
Grant dateMar 3, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/3842
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a pipelined data processor (11), an address pipeline (39, 41) is provided to hold the addresses of the instructions presently in the instruction pipeline (23, 25). The address pipeline facilitates tracing only executed instructions, and permits stopping the data processor during a branch delay slot without losing the branch information.

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