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Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 03, 2014
Applicant:

Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventor:

Nigel Topham, Edinburgh, GB;

Assignee:

Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/76 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30192 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01);
Abstract

A processor for executing configurable instructions and a method of configuring the processor are disclosed. In one embodiment, the processor includes (i) a processor core to execute preconfigured instructions and (ii) a processor core extension to execute user-defined extension instructions that are configurable instructions. The user-defined extension instructions may include an autonomous instruction with varying execution cycles based on source data and an operation performed. The processor core extension employs extension interface signals as a handshake protocol to operate together with the processor core without knowing any priori knowledge of how many processor clock cycles that the autonomous instruction will take to complete.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Topham, Nigel. (2017). Self-timed user-extension instructions for a processing device (U.S. Patent No. 9547493). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9547493

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