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Method and apparatus for accelerating fault handling

US6820216B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 2001
Grant dateNov 16, 2004
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Expiry dateJun 29, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/1405
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A process which stores an indication of a next instruction in a sequence of instructions which is to be executed whenever during execution of instructions of the sequence it is apparent that state of the process is consistent, and refers to the stored indication to determine an instruction at which to begin re-execution of the sequence after executing a fault handler initiated by an interrupt to the sequence.

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