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Method and apparatus for improving segmented memory addressing

US7725677B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Inventors

H. Peter Anvin · San Jose, US
Alex Klaiber · Cupertino, US
Guillermo J. Rozas · Santa Clara, US
Parag Gupta · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 19, 2008
Grant date	May 25, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 6, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/30101
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for breaking complex X86 segment operations and segmented memory addressing into explicit sub-operations so that they may be exposed to compiler or translator-based optimizations.

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