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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2021
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Timothy D. Anderson, University Park, TX (US);
Joseph Zbiciak, San Jose, CA (US);
Duc Bui, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Mel Alan Phipps, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Todd T. Hahn, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Techniques related to executing a plurality of instructions by a processor comprising receiving a first instruction for execution on an instruction execution pipeline, wherein the instruction execution pipeline is in a first execution mode, beginning execution of the first instruction on the instruction execution pipeline, receiving an execution mode instruction to switch the instruction execution pipeline to a second execution mode, switching the instruction execution pipeline to the second execution mode based on the received execution mode instruction, annulling the first instruction based on the execution mode instruction, receiving a second instruction for execution on the instruction execution pipeline, the second instruction, and executing the second instruction.