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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2003
Applicant:
Charles F. Shelor, Arlington, TX (US);
Inventor:
Charles F. Shelor, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
VIA-Cyrix, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is generally directed to an apparatus and method for accessing registers within a processor. In accordance with one embodiment, an apparatus and method are provided for a processor in which at least two separate indicia (such as register select lines, register bank identifiers, processor mode identifiers, etc.) are utilized to uniquely identify and access a processor register. In accordance with this embodiment, bit lines of the separate indicia are encoded into a single, mapped set of signal lines, and these encoded signal lines are used to access the register.