Register file backup queue
US7657728B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 11, 2008 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 29, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3863
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for maintaining an accurate program-visible machine state of a computer. A backup system and method is provided in order to return the visual state of the computer to a previous state if an instruction generates an exception. In an embodiment, a first tag and a second tag are received from a tag queue concurrently. First data, which is associated with the first tag, is received and stored in a first register associated with the first tag. Second data, which is associated with the second tag, is sent from a second register associated with the second tag to a backup queue.
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