System for estimating worst time duration required to execute procedure calls and looking ahead/preparing for the next stack operation of the forthcoming procedure calls
US5832289A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 10, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 3, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 10, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/0089
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An improved system utility using pointers and stacks and a method for high level language procedure for representing, storing, retrieving, processing, and/or manipulating documents, said system utilities facilitates compilation, linkage, processing, and management of said high level language procedures. Call, return, and auxiliary stacks are included to store pointers of normal, exceptional/conditional, and alternative operations. A bit mapping logic and smart object memory are used to look ahead, monitor, and predict forthcoming exceptional/conditional operation, a system look-up table further prefetch relevant procedural and data pointers for maintaining pipeline coherence.
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