Apparatus and method for processing an interrupt
US9460032B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 7, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/20
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Provided are an apparatus and method for processing an interrupt. The apparatus includes a plurality of processing cores that are each configured to process an interrupt. The apparatus also includes an interrupt distributing unit configured to receive the interrupt, determine whether or not execution mode of each processing core is IRQ mode for exception processing or interrupt processing, and provide the received interrupt to a processing core that is not in IRQ mode.
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