Checking data type of operands specified by an instruction using attributes in a tagged array architecture
US6185671A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 31, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3863
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for matching data types of operands in an instruction. A type code of an operand used by the instruction is determined. An attribute value of a storage element which corresponds to the operand is read from a speculative array. This attribute value is then compared with the type code.
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