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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2006
Applicants:
Timothy Dobson, Cambridge, GB;
Mark Taunton, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Timothy Dobson, Cambridge, GB;
Mark Taunton, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for implementing a zero overhead loop in a microprocessor or microprocessor based system/chip are disclosed. The systems and methods include the use of a breakpoint mechanism, and modification of parameters at runtime, with the breakpoint mechanism being additionally used in debugging, in order to provide some of the looping functionality.