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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Surendra Guntur, Eindhoven, NL;
Sebastien Antonius Josephus Fabrie, Eindhoven, NL;
Jose de Jesus Pineda de Gyvez, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 9/32 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/3885 (2013.01); G06F 9/30134 (2013.01); G06F 9/327 (2013.01); G06F 9/3836 (2013.01); G06F 9/3857 (2013.01); G06F 9/3867 (2013.01); G06F 9/30123 (2013.01); G06F 9/30181 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a method for processing instructions in a microcontroller is disclosed. In the embodiment, the method involves, upon receipt of an interrupt while an instruction is being executed, completing execution of the instruction by a shadow functional unit and, upon servicing the interrupt, terminating re-execution of the instruction and updating a main register file with the result of the execution of the instruction by the shadow functional unit.