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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. 22, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2002
Applicants:
Paul J. Patchen, Arlington, TX (US);
William V. Miller, Arlington, TX (US);
Inventors:
Paul J. Patchen, Arlington, TX (US);
William V. Miller, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
VIA-Cyrix, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pipeline processing microprocessor includes a storage unit for storing instructions and a fetch unit for requesting and fetching an instruction from the instructions in the storage unit. Upon an interrupt condition, the fetch unit eliminates from a request queue a previously requested instruction that precedes the interrupt condition.