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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1999
Robert Bedichek, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Keppel, Seattle, WA (US);
John Banning, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert Bedichek, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Keppel, Seattle, WA (US);
John Banning, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In a computer which translates instructions from a target instruction set to a host instruction set, a method for determining validity of a translation of a target instruction linked to an earlier translation including the steps of testing a memory address of a target instruction to be executed against a copy of the memory address of the target instruction from which a translation of the target instruction was made, executing the translation if the addresses compare, and generating an exception if the addresses do not compare.