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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Robert Maher, Carrollton, TX (US);
Raul A. Garibay, Jr., Plano, TX (US);
Margaret R. Herubin, Coppell, TX (US);
Mark Bluhm, Carrollton, TX (US);
Inventors:
Robert Maher, Carrollton, TX (US);
Raul A. Garibay, Jr., Plano, TX (US);
Margaret R. Herubin, Coppell, TX (US);
Mark Bluhm, Carrollton, TX (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An instruction-initiated method for suspending operation of a pipelined data processor by selectively disabling a clock signal to pipeline subcircuitry in response to an instruction executed by the pipeline subcircuitry.