GB2330428B - Apparatus for repairing faulty program segments in embedded microprocessor systems - Google Patents

Apparatus for repairing faulty program segments in embedded microprocessor systems

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GB2330428B
GB2330428B GB9720210A GB9720210A GB2330428B GB 2330428 B GB2330428 B GB 2330428B GB 9720210 A GB9720210 A GB 9720210A GB 9720210 A GB9720210 A GB 9720210A GB 2330428 B GB2330428 B GB 2330428B
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embedded microprocessor
program segments
microprocessor systems
faulty program
repairing faulty
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GB9720210A
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GB9720210D0 (en
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Rong-Fu Hsu
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Winbond Electronics Corp
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Winbond Electronics Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/32—Address formation of the next instruction, e.g. by incrementing the instruction counter
    • G06F9/322—Address formation of the next instruction, e.g. by incrementing the instruction counter for non-sequential address
    • G06F9/328—Address formation of the next instruction, e.g. by incrementing the instruction counter for non-sequential address for runtime instruction patching
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F8/00—Arrangements for software engineering
    • G06F8/60—Software deployment
    • G06F8/65—Updates
    • G06F8/66—Updates of program code stored in read-only memory [ROM]
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/22—Microcontrol or microprogram arrangements
    • G06F9/26—Address formation of the next micro-instruction ; Microprogram storage or retrieval arrangements
    • G06F9/262—Arrangements for next microinstruction selection
    • G06F9/268—Microinstruction selection not based on processing results, e.g. interrupt, patch, first cycle store, diagnostic programs
GB9720210A 1997-09-23 1997-09-23 Apparatus for repairing faulty program segments in embedded microprocessor systems Expired - Fee Related GB2330428B (en)

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GB9720210D0 GB9720210D0 (en) 1997-11-26
GB2330428A GB2330428A (en) 1999-04-21
GB2330428B true GB2330428B (en) 2000-05-24

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GB2373888A (en) * 2001-03-30 2002-10-02 Toshiba Res Europ Ltd Dynamic vector address allocation for a code patching scheme
DE102006016891A1 (en) 2006-04-11 2007-10-25 Robert Bosch Gmbh Extension of the functionality of a series software in a control unit
US8438558B1 (en) 2009-03-27 2013-05-07 Google Inc. System and method of updating programs and data

Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1488271A (en) * 1973-12-27 1977-10-12 Cii Control store unit addressing device
GB2292470A (en) * 1994-08-19 1996-02-21 Advanced Risc Mach Ltd Rom patching
GB2293033A (en) * 1994-09-07 1996-03-13 Seikosha Kk Control circuit enabling program modification
US5701506A (en) * 1994-05-31 1997-12-23 Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Microcomputer having ROM program which can be altered

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1488271A (en) * 1973-12-27 1977-10-12 Cii Control store unit addressing device
US5701506A (en) * 1994-05-31 1997-12-23 Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Microcomputer having ROM program which can be altered
GB2292470A (en) * 1994-08-19 1996-02-21 Advanced Risc Mach Ltd Rom patching
GB2293033A (en) * 1994-09-07 1996-03-13 Seikosha Kk Control circuit enabling program modification

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