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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Inventor:
Simon John Craske, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/35 (2018.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/06 (2013.01); G06F 9/3013 (2013.01); G06F 9/35 (2013.01); G06F 12/1441 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1008 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus () comprises one or more bounded pointer storage element () each to store a pointer () having associated range information () indicating an allowable range of addresses for the pointer (). Processing circuitry () performs, in response to a first type of instruction () identifying a given bounded pointer storage element, a predetermined operation for a target range of addresses determined at least in part on the basis of the range information () associated with the pointer stored in the given bounded pointer storage element ().