Patent · US Expired

Hardware loops

US6766444B1 · kind B1 · utility

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7References

26Claims

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Assignees

Intel Corporation · US
Analog Devices, Inc. · US

Inventors

Ravi P. Singh · Austin, US
Charles P. Roth · Austin, US
Gregory A. Overkamp · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 2, 2000
Grant date	Jul 20, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 9, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/3863
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a programmable processor is arranged to include early registers to support hardware loops. In this manner, a system may increase processing speed without significantly increasing power consumption. Loop conditions of a loop may be loaded into a set of early registers. These conditions may then be detected from the early registers before the loop conditions are written to a set of architectural registers.

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