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Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2006
Applicants:

Alexander Klaiber, Mountain View, CA (US);

Guillermo Rozas, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alexander Klaiber, Mountain View, CA (US);

Guillermo Rozas, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A processing bypass directory system and method are disclosed. In one embodiment, a bypass directory tracking process includes setting bits in a bypass directory when a corresponding architectural register is written. The bits are selectively cleared in the bypass directory each cycle. The configuration of the bits is utilized to determine which stage of a bypass path processing information is at.


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