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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Hung T. Nguyen, Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Hung T. Nguyen, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A mechanism for resource allocation in a processor, a method of allocating resources in a processor and a digital signal processor incorporating the mechanism or the method. In one embodiment, the mechanism includes: (1) categorization logic, associated with an earlier pipeline stage, that generates instruction type information for instructions to be executed in the processor and (2) priority logic, associated with a later pipeline stage, that allocates functional units of the processor to execution of the instructions based on the instruction type information.