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- Patent Title: Processor with debug pipeline
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Application No.: US17146584Application Date: 2021-01-12
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Publication No.: US11593241B2Publication Date: 2023-02-28
- Inventor: Shrey Bhatia , Christian Wiencke , Armin Stingl , Ralph Ledwa , Wolfgang Lutsch
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Brian D. Graham; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G06F11/00
- IPC: G06F11/00 ; G06F11/273 ; G06F11/36 ; G06F11/34 ; G06F11/30 ; G06F11/26

Abstract:
A processor includes an execution pipeline that includes a plurality of execution stages, execution pipeline control logic, and a debug system. The execution pipeline control logic is configured to control flow of an instruction through the execution stages. The debug system includes a debug pipeline and debug pipeline control logic. The debug pipeline includes a plurality of debug stages. Each debug pipeline stage corresponds to an execution pipeline stage, and the total number of debug stages corresponds to the total number of execution stages. The debug pipeline control logic is coupled to the execution pipeline control logic. The debug pipeline control logic is configured to control flow through the debug stages of debug information associated with the instruction, and to advance the debug information into a next of the debug stages in correspondence with the execution pipeline control logic advancing the instruction into a corresponding stage of the execution pipeline.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210133065A1 PROCESSOR WITH DEBUG PIPELINE Public/Granted day:2021-05-06
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