The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2013
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Kim Schuttenberg, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Sridharan Balasubramanian, Chandler, AZ (US);
Marvell International LTD., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
A processor including architectural registers used to execute instructions and a renaming module to rename the architectural registers to physical registers in response to receiving instructions. A first table stores pointers to the physical registers storing data generated in response to the processor completing execution of instructions. A second table stores pointers to the physical registers storing data to be generated by instructions received but not executed by the processor and used by instructions to be received by the processor. An execution module executes instructions and discards one or more instructions received but not executed by the processor in response to an event. An updating module updates pointers in the second table in response to the event. The updated pointers are generated based on pointers stored in the first table at a time of occurrence of the event and instructions not discarded by the execution module.