GB2367658B - Intercalling between native and non-native instruction sets - Google Patents

Intercalling between native and non-native instruction sets

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Publication number
GB2367658B
GB2367658B GB0028249A GB0028249A GB2367658B GB 2367658 B GB2367658 B GB 2367658B GB 0028249 A GB0028249 A GB 0028249A GB 0028249 A GB0028249 A GB 0028249A GB 2367658 B GB2367658 B GB 2367658B
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intercalling
instruction sets
native instruction
sets
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GB2367658A (en
Inventor
Edward Colles Nevill
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ARM Ltd
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ARM Ltd
Advanced Risc Machines Ltd
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Priority claimed from GB0024404A external-priority patent/GB2367654B/en
Priority claimed from GB0024399A external-priority patent/GB2367652B/en
Priority claimed from GB0024396A external-priority patent/GB2367651B/en
Priority claimed from GB0024402A external-priority patent/GB2367653B/en
Application filed by ARM Ltd, Advanced Risc Machines Ltd filed Critical ARM Ltd
Priority to US09/731,060 priority Critical patent/US20020069402A1/en
Publication of GB0028249D0 publication Critical patent/GB0028249D0/en
Priority to US09/887,561 priority patent/US7134119B2/en
Priority to JP2001259954A priority patent/JP4938187B2/en
Publication of GB2367658A publication Critical patent/GB2367658A/en
Publication of GB2367658B publication Critical patent/GB2367658B/en
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GB0028249A 2000-10-05 2000-11-20 Intercalling between native and non-native instruction sets Expired - Lifetime GB2367658B (en)

Priority Applications (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US09/731,060 US20020069402A1 (en) 2000-10-05 2000-12-07 Scheduling control within a system having mixed hardware and software based instruction execution
US09/887,561 US7134119B2 (en) 2000-10-05 2001-06-25 Intercalling between native and non-native instruction sets
JP2001259954A JP4938187B2 (en) 2000-10-05 2001-08-29 Cross-call between native and non-native instruction sets

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0024404A GB2367654B (en) 2000-10-05 2000-10-05 Storing stack operands in registers
GB0024402A GB2367653B (en) 2000-10-05 2000-10-05 Restarting translated instructions
GB0024396A GB2367651B (en) 2000-10-05 2000-10-05 Hardware instruction translation within a processor pipeline
GB0024399A GB2367652B (en) 2000-10-05 2000-10-05 Scheduling control within a system having mixed hardware and software based instruction execution

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GB0028249D0 GB0028249D0 (en) 2001-01-03
GB2367658A GB2367658A (en) 2002-04-10
GB2367658B true GB2367658B (en) 2004-09-22

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GB2426840A (en) 2005-06-04 2006-12-06 Transitive Ltd Method of executing program code where a portion of the target code calls a native code portion which then calls a second target code portion.

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US5937193A (en) * 1996-11-27 1999-08-10 Vlsi Technology, Inc. Circuit arrangement for translating platform-independent instructions for execution on a hardware platform and method thereof
US6091897A (en) * 1996-01-29 2000-07-18 Digital Equipment Corporation Fast translation and execution of a computer program on a non-native architecture by use of background translator

Patent Citations (2)

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US6091897A (en) * 1996-01-29 2000-07-18 Digital Equipment Corporation Fast translation and execution of a computer program on a non-native architecture by use of background translator
US5937193A (en) * 1996-11-27 1999-08-10 Vlsi Technology, Inc. Circuit arrangement for translating platform-independent instructions for execution on a hardware platform and method thereof

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