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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2007
Applicant:
Reid Edmund Tatge, Missouri City, TX (US);
Inventor:
Reid Edmund Tatge, Missouri City, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A processor in a digital system executes instructions in an instruction execution pipeline. The processor detects a pipeline protection directive while executing instructions and sets a pipeline protection mode in accordance with the directive. The processor then continues to fetch and execute instructions in an unprotected manner if the pipeline protection mode is off and continues to fetch and execute instruction in a protected manner if the pipeline protection mode is on.