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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2001
Applicants:
Kar-lik Kasim Wong, Old Windsor, GB;
Nigel Peter Topham, Wokingham, GB;
Inventors:
Kar-Lik Kasim Wong, Old Windsor, GB;
Nigel Peter Topham, Wokingham, GB;
Assignee:
PTS Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Processors comprising a plurality of pipelines are disclosed, each pipeline having a plurality of pipeline stages () for executing an instruction on successive clock cycles. The processors include distributed stall control circuitry () which allow an instruction in one pipeline to become temporarily out of step with an instruction in another pipeline. This may allow time for a global signal, such as a global stall signal, to be distributed.