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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Hamed Fatemi, Eindhoven, NL;
Rinze Ida Mechtildis Peter Meijer, Eindhoven, BE;
Ghiath Al-Kadi, Eindhoven, NL;
Surendra Guntur, Eindhoven, NL;
Jan Hoogerbrugge, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/04 (2006.01); G06F 1/06 (2006.01); G06F 1/08 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/06 (2013.01); G06F 1/04 (2013.01); G06F 1/08 (2013.01); G06F 9/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
This invention provides a clock control circuit, which can be added to any pipeline-processor to solve timing problems arising from variations due to process outcome and environmental conditions. Critical instructions are detected (instructions that exercise critical paths) in conjunction with environmental sensing (such as process, temperature and voltage). This information is used to control cycle stealing.