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Apparatus with context switching capability

US6378065B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 27, 1998
Grant dateApr 23, 2002
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Expiry dateApr 27, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C7/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a data processing unit, comprising at least one register having at least one read port and one write port. The register has at least two memory cells each having a write line and a read line, a first switch having inputs and one output for coupling said read line of one of said memory cells with said read port, second switch for coupling said write line of one of said memory cells with said write port.

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