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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arif I. Khan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Elango Ganesan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael C. Kim, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/500 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a method and apparatus for converting a first tag word into a second tag word which correspond to a set of registers. Adjacent bits in the first tag word are determined which correspond to different registers in the set of registers. The determined adjacent bits in the first tag word are extracted and deposited into corresponding adjacent bit positions in the second tag word.