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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 05, 2022
Applicant:

Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;

Inventors:

Yasuo Ishii, Austin, TX (US);

Michael David Achenbach, Austin, TX (US);

David Gum Lim, Austin, TX (US);

Abhishek Raja, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/3861 (2013.01); G06F 9/3016 (2013.01); G06F 9/30145 (2013.01); G06F 9/3834 (2013.01); G06F 9/3838 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a data processing apparatus comprising decode circuitry responsive to receipt of a block of instructions to generate control signals indicative of each of the block of instructions, and to analyse the block of instructions to detect a potential hazard instruction. The data processing apparatus is provided with decode circuitry to encode information indicative of a clean restart point into the control signals associated with the potential hazard instruction. The data processing apparatus is provided with data processing circuity to perform out-of-order execution of at least some of the block of instructions, and control circuitry responsive to a determination, at execution of the potential hazard instruction, that data values used as operands for the potential hazard instruction have been modified by out-of-order execution of a subsequent instruction, to restart execution from the clean restart point and to flush held data values from the data processing circuitry.


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