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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Saket Jalan, Bangalore, IN;
Rakesh Channabasappa Yaraduyathinahalli, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is drawn to a register writing mechanism that does not require reading of the data in the register. In accordance with aspects of the present invention, each register is masked with a making bit provided by a masking component. In a first implementation, the first half of the bit registers are masked using data in the second half of the bit registers. In a second implementation, all the bit registers are masked using a masking word generated by the masking component.