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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2008
Steven R. Carlough, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Adam B. Collura, Hyde Park, NY (US);
Wen H. LI, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Eric M. Schwarz, Gardiner, NY (US);
Chung-lung Kevin Shum, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Steven R. Carlough, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Adam B. Collura, Hyde Park, NY (US);
Wen H. Li, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Eric M. Schwarz, Gardiner, NY (US);
Chung-Lung Kevin Shum, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A processor includes a microarchitecture for working around a processing flaw, the microarchitecture including: at least one detector adapted for detecting a predetermined state associated with the processing flaw; and at least one mechanism to modify default processor processing behavior; and upon modification of processing behavior, the processing of an instruction involving the processing flaw can be completed by avoiding the processing flaw.