GB2461848B - Data processing apparatus having a number of operating modes - Google Patents

Data processing apparatus having a number of operating modes

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GB2461848B
GB2461848B GB0812662A GB0812662A GB2461848B GB 2461848 B GB2461848 B GB 2461848B GB 0812662 A GB0812662 A GB 0812662A GB 0812662 A GB0812662 A GB 0812662A GB 2461848 B GB2461848 B GB 2461848B
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processing apparatus
data processing
operating modes
modes
operating
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Alistair Guy Morfey
Karl Leighton Swepson
Peter Giles Lloyd
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Cambridge Consultants Ltd
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Cambridge Consultants Ltd
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Priority to GB0812662A priority Critical patent/GB2461848B/en
Publication of GB0812662D0 publication Critical patent/GB0812662D0/en
Priority to US13/003,432 priority patent/US9645949B2/en
Priority to PCT/GB2009/001313 priority patent/WO2010004242A2/en
Priority to PCT/GB2009/001309 priority patent/WO2010004240A1/en
Priority to PCT/GB2009/001314 priority patent/WO2010004243A2/en
Priority to PCT/GB2009/001318 priority patent/WO2010004245A1/en
Publication of GB2461848A publication Critical patent/GB2461848A/en
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    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
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    • G06F9/30181—Instruction operation extension or modification
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    • G06F9/30098—Register arrangements
    • G06F9/30101—Special purpose registers
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    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/30145—Instruction analysis, e.g. decoding, instruction word fields
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    • 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
    • G06F9/30145—Instruction analysis, e.g. decoding, instruction word fields
    • G06F9/3016—Decoding the operand specifier, e.g. specifier format
    • G06F9/30167—Decoding the operand specifier, e.g. specifier format of immediate specifier, e.g. constants
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    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/30181—Instruction operation extension or modification
    • G06F9/30189—Instruction operation extension or modification according to execution mode, e.g. mode flag
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    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/38—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline, look ahead
    • G06F9/3861—Recovery, e.g. branch miss-prediction, exception handling
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    • 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
    • G06F9/46—Multiprogramming arrangements
    • G06F9/48—Program initiating; Program switching, e.g. by interrupt
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GB0812662A 2008-07-10 2008-07-10 Data processing apparatus having a number of operating modes Active GB2461848B (en)

Priority Applications (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0812662A GB2461848B (en) 2008-07-10 2008-07-10 Data processing apparatus having a number of operating modes
PCT/GB2009/001314 WO2010004243A2 (en) 2008-07-10 2009-05-27 Interrupt processing
PCT/GB2009/001313 WO2010004242A2 (en) 2008-07-10 2009-05-27 Data processing apparatus, for example using vector pointers
PCT/GB2009/001309 WO2010004240A1 (en) 2008-07-10 2009-05-27 Data processing apparatus, for example using modes
US13/003,432 US9645949B2 (en) 2008-07-10 2009-05-27 Data processing apparatus using privileged and non-privileged modes with multiple stacks
PCT/GB2009/001318 WO2010004245A1 (en) 2008-07-10 2009-05-27 Processor with push instruction

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GB0812662A GB2461848B (en) 2008-07-10 2008-07-10 Data processing apparatus having a number of operating modes

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EP0762272A2 (en) * 1995-09-01 1997-03-12 Sony Corporation Microprocessors and apparatus including same
US6088783A (en) * 1996-02-16 2000-07-11 Morton; Steven G DPS having a plurality of like processors controlled in parallel by an instruction word, and a control processor also controlled by the instruction word
JP2000250762A (en) * 1999-02-26 2000-09-14 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd Microcomputer
US6598151B1 (en) * 1998-10-06 2003-07-22 Texas Instruments Incorporated Stack Pointer Management
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Patent Citations (6)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5557766A (en) * 1991-10-21 1996-09-17 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba High-speed processor for handling multiple interrupts utilizing an exclusive-use bus and current and previous bank pointers to specify a return bank
EP0762272A2 (en) * 1995-09-01 1997-03-12 Sony Corporation Microprocessors and apparatus including same
US6088783A (en) * 1996-02-16 2000-07-11 Morton; Steven G DPS having a plurality of like processors controlled in parallel by an instruction word, and a control processor also controlled by the instruction word
US6598151B1 (en) * 1998-10-06 2003-07-22 Texas Instruments Incorporated Stack Pointer Management
JP2000250762A (en) * 1999-02-26 2000-09-14 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd Microcomputer
US20070266374A1 (en) * 2006-05-11 2007-11-15 Arm Limited Stack memory selection upon exception in a data processing system

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