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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Miroslav Dokic, Austin, TX (US);
Raghunath Rao, Austin, TX (US);
Zheng Luo, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey Niehaus, Austin, TX (US);
James Divine, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cirrus Logic, Inc., , US;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
712227 ; 712227 ; 712231 ; 712210 ; 712212 ;
Abstract
A method of operating a multiple processor device. A first word of a sequence of words is received in a register. A target processor is determined from the first word and the target processor is interrupted. An input ready bit is set and first word from in the register is read with the target processor. A number of words in the sequence to follow the first word determined from the first word. A word counter is set and the input ready bit is cleared with the target processor. The target processor is returned to main code execution.