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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2004
Kevin W. Rudd, Portland, OR (US);
Allan D. Knies, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dale C. Morris, Steamboat Springs, CO (US);
James M. Hull, Saratoga, CA (US);
Kevin W. Rudd, Portland, OR (US);
Allan D. Knies, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dale C. Morris, Steamboat Springs, CO (US);
James M. Hull, Saratoga, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A processor comprising a feature indicator associated with at least one of a first sequence of one or more instructions, a first register, a second register, and an execution core is provided. The execution core is configured to execute a second instruction to cause the first register to be set to a first value using the feature indicator and to cause the second register to be set to a second value using the feature indicator. The execution core is configured to execute the first sequence of one or more instructions to cause a function to be performed in response to the first value in the first register indicating a true condition, and the execution core is configured to execute a second sequence of one or more instructions to cause the function to be performed in response to the second value in the second register indicating the true condition.