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Post-silicon configurable instruction behavior based on input operands

US9734126B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

James R. Cuffney · Poughkeepsie, US
Nicol Hofmann · Stuttgart, DE
Michael Klein · Schenefeld, DE
Petra Leber · Ehningen, DE
Cedric Lichtenau · Stuttgart, DE
Silvia M. Mueller · Altdorf, DE
Timothy J. Slegel · Staatsburg, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 10, 2016
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 10, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/3648
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for controlling post-silicon configurable instruction behavior are provided. For example, the method includes receiving data related to a compute circuit. The method also includes detecting a data pattern in the data. The method further includes determining that the data pattern is a special case that the compute circuit may handle improperly. The method also includes selecting a value from a post-silicon configurable data set based on the detected data. Further, the method includes changing a behavior of the compute circuit to produce a different output result based on the value selected from the post-silicon configurable data set.

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