发明授权
- 专利标题: System and method for temporally controlling instruction execution
- 专利标题(中): 暂时控制指令执行的系统和方法
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申请号: US09282712申请日: 1999-03-31
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公开(公告)号: US06453424B1公开(公告)日: 2002-09-17
- 发明人: James P. Janniello
- 申请人: James P. Janniello
- 主分类号: G06F104
- IPC分类号: G06F104
摘要:
An apparatus and method of controlling instruction execution in the apparatus with a precise temporal execution arrangement. The apparatus may be a processor or microprocessor capable of executing a function specific wait state that is dependant upon a type specified by an instruction field. The processor includes a reference clock counter that maintains the wait count, an instruction parser that strips the wait type and count from instructions and passes the stripped information to a comparator. The comparator compares the stripped information against the wait count. The wait types include: a relative timestamp type indicating execution at some time subsequent to the present cycle; a direct timestamp type indicating an absolute time for execution; and a timestamp range indicating a time period when execution is valid.