TW348234B - A data processing system having a self-aligning stack pointer and method therefor - Google Patents

A data processing system having a self-aligning stack pointer and method therefor

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TW348234B
TW348234B TW086101555A TW86101555A TW348234B TW 348234 B TW348234 B TW 348234B TW 086101555 A TW086101555 A TW 086101555A TW 86101555 A TW86101555 A TW 86101555A TW 348234 B TW348234 B TW 348234B
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data processing
processing system
stack pointer
self
method therefor
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TW086101555A
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C Circello Joseph
Gokingco Jefferson
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Motorola Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
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    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F13/00—Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units
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    • 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
    • G06F9/38—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline or look ahead
    • G06F9/3802—Instruction prefetching
    • G06F9/3816—Instruction alignment, e.g. cache line crossing
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
    • G06F11/07—Responding to the occurrence of a fault, e.g. fault tolerance
    • G06F11/0703—Error or fault processing not based on redundancy, i.e. by taking additional measures to deal with the error or fault not making use of redundancy in operation, in hardware, or in data representation
    • G06F11/0706—Error or fault processing not based on redundancy, i.e. by taking additional measures to deal with the error or fault not making use of redundancy in operation, in hardware, or in data representation the processing taking place on a specific hardware platform or in a specific software environment
    • G06F11/0721—Error or fault processing not based on redundancy, i.e. by taking additional measures to deal with the error or fault not making use of redundancy in operation, in hardware, or in data representation the processing taking place on a specific hardware platform or in a specific software environment within a central processing unit [CPU]
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
    • G06F11/07—Responding to the occurrence of a fault, e.g. fault tolerance
    • G06F11/0703—Error or fault processing not based on redundancy, i.e. by taking additional measures to deal with the error or fault not making use of redundancy in operation, in hardware, or in data representation
    • G06F11/0793—Remedial or corrective actions
    • 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
    • G06F9/38—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline or look ahead
    • G06F9/3861—Recovery, e.g. branch miss-prediction, exception handling

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TW086101555A 1996-04-15 1997-02-12 A data processing system having a self-aligning stack pointer and method therefor TW348234B (en)

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US08/632,187 US5761491A (en) 1996-04-15 1996-04-15 Data processing system and method for storing and restoring a stack pointer

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EP (1) EP0802481A1 (zh)
JP (1) JP3707581B2 (zh)
KR (1) KR100440361B1 (zh)
CN (1) CN1168505A (zh)
IE (1) IE970146A1 (zh)
IL (1) IL120665A0 (zh)
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US5761491A (en) 1998-06-02
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IE970146A1 (en) 1997-10-22
KR100440361B1 (ko) 2004-10-12
IL120665A0 (en) 1997-08-14
KR970071301A (ko) 1997-11-07
CN1168505A (zh) 1997-12-24
EP0802481A1 (en) 1997-10-22

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