公开(公告)号：US20090210775A1

公开(公告)日：2009-08-20

申请号：US12031732

申请日：2008-02-15

申请人： Fadi Y. Busaba ,  Brian R. Prasky ,  Chung-Lung Kevin Shum

发明人： Fadi Y. Busaba ,  Brian R. Prasky ,  Chung-Lung Kevin Shum

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/10

摘要： A method and system for instruction address parity comparison are provided. The method includes calculating an instruction address parity value for an instruction, and distributing the instruction address parity value to one or more functional units in processing circuitry. The method also includes receiving the distributed instruction address parity value from the one or more functional units, and calculating a completing instruction address (CIA) parity value associated with completing the instruction. The method further includes generating an error indicator in response to a mismatch between the received instruction address parity value and the CIA parity value.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于指令地址奇偶校验比较的方法和系统。 该方法包括计算指令的指令地址奇偶校验值，并将指令地址奇偶校验值分配给处理电路中的一个或多个功能单元。 该方法还包括从一个或多个功能单元接收分布式指令地址奇偶校验值，以及计算与完成指令相关联的完成指令地址（CIA）奇偶校验值。 该方法还包括响应于接收到的指令地址奇偶校验值和CIA奇偶校验值之间的不匹配而产生错误指示符。

公开(公告)号：US20090210650A1

公开(公告)日：2009-08-20

申请号：US12032178

申请日：2008-02-15

申请人： Gregory W. Alexander ,  Lisa C. Heller ,  Chung-Lung Kevin Shum

发明人： Gregory W. Alexander ,  Lisa C. Heller ,  Chung-Lung Kevin Shum

IPC分类号： G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F12/1027 ,  G06F2212/684

摘要： Embodiments of the invention include a method of synchronizing translation changes in a processor including a translation lookaside buffer, the method including setting a control bit to enable blocking of all fetch requests that miss the translation lookaside buffer without changing a translation state of the current process; if there is at least one pending translation, then waiting for completion of the at least one pending translation; and resetting the control bit. A processor and a computer program product are provided.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例包括一种在包括翻译后备缓冲器的处理器中同步翻译改变的方法，所述方法包括设置控制位以使得能够阻止错过所述翻译后备缓冲器的所有提取请求，而不改变当前进程的转换状态; 如果存在至少一个未完成的翻译，则等待完成至少一个等待翻译; 并重置控制位。 提供处理器和计算机程序产品。

公开(公告)号：US20090083569A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-26

申请号：US11859819

申请日：2007-09-24

申请人： Sean Michael Carey ,  William Vincent Huott ,  Christian Jacobi ,  Guenter Mayer ,  Timothy Gerard McNamara ,  Chung-Lung Kevin Shum ,  Hans-Werner Tast ,  Michael Hemsley Wood

发明人： Sean Michael Carey ,  William Vincent Huott ,  Christian Jacobi ,  Guenter Mayer ,  Timothy Gerard McNamara ,  Chung-Lung Kevin Shum ,  Hans-Werner Tast ,  Michael Hemsley Wood

IPC分类号： G04F10/00 ,  H04L7/00 ,  G06F1/04

CPC分类号： G06F1/04 ,  G06F1/3275 ,  G11C7/22 ,  G11C7/222 ,  G11C11/413 ,  Y02D10/14

摘要： A method for generating a local clock domain within an operation includes steps of: receiving a clock frequency measurement for a slow portion of logic within the operation; generating a local signal to indicate commencement of the operation and to function as a clock gating signal; latching the clock gating signal to a selected cycle; generating clock domain controls based on the clock gating signal such that the operation times its commencement on the selected cycle; and propagating the clock gating signal in ungated latches for a number of cycles, such that a second operation is restricted from being launched until the operation completes.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在操作中产生本地时钟域的方法包括以下步骤：在操作期间接收用于逻辑的较慢部分的时钟频率测量; 产生本地信号以指示操作的开始并用作时钟选通信号; 将时钟门控信号锁存到选定的周期; 基于时钟门控信号产生时钟域控制，使得操作在所选择的周期上开始生效; 并且在未锁定的锁存器中传播时钟门控信号多个周期，使得第二操作被限制为被启动直到操作完成。

公开(公告)号：US09201655B2

公开(公告)日：2015-12-01

申请号：US12051296

申请日：2008-03-19

申请人： Vimal M. Kapadia ,  Fadi Y. Busaba ,  Edward T. Malley ,  John G. Rell, Jr. ,  Chung-Lung Kevin Shum

发明人： Vimal M. Kapadia ,  Fadi Y. Busaba ,  Edward T. Malley ,  John G. Rell, Jr. ,  Chung-Lung Kevin Shum

IPC分类号： G06F13/00 ,  G06F13/28 ,  G06F9/38

CPC分类号： G06F9/3824

摘要： Eliminating or reducing an operand line crossing penalty by performing an initial fetch for an operand from a data cache of a processor. The initial fetch is performed by allowing or permitting the initial fetch to occur unaligned with reference to a quadword boundary. A plurality of subsequent fetches for a corresponding plurality of operands from the data cache are performed wherein each of the plurality of subsequent fetches is aligned to any of a plurality of quadword boundaries to prevent each of a plurality of individual fetch requests from spanning a plurality of lines in the data cache. A steady stream of data is maintained by placing an operand buffer at an output of the data cache to store and merge data from the initial fetch and the plurality of subsequent fetches, and to return the stored and merged data to the processor.

摘要翻译： 通过从处理器的数据高速缓存中执行对操作数的初始提取来消除或减少操作数线路交叉处罚。 初始提取是通过允许或允许以参考四字边界未对齐的方式发生初始提取而执行的。 执行用于来自数据高速缓存的相应多个操作数的多个后续提取，其中多个后续提取中的每一个与多个四字边界中的任何一个对齐，以防止多个单独提取请求中的每一个跨越多个 数据缓存中的行。 通过在数据高速缓存的输出处放置操作数缓冲器来存储和合并来自初始提取和多个后续提取的数据并将存储和合并的数据返回到处理器来维持稳定的数据流。

公开(公告)号：US08135960B2

公开(公告)日：2012-03-13

申请号：US12248549

申请日：2008-10-09

申请人： Thomas Koehler ,  Thomas Fuchs ,  Ulrich Mayer ,  Chung-Lung Kevin Shum ,  Scott Barnett Swaney

发明人： Thomas Koehler ,  Thomas Fuchs ,  Ulrich Mayer ,  Chung-Lung Kevin Shum ,  Scott Barnett Swaney

IPC分类号： G06F12/14

CPC分类号： G06F21/72

摘要： A multiprocessor electronic circuit and an electronic data processing system comprising such circuit are disclosed for reducing the power consumption and the chip area consumption of a multiprocessor system having cryptographic functionality. In one embodiment, the multiprocessor electronic circuit comprises a plurality of processors, a single cryptographic processing unit that comprises a plurality of input/output buffer pairs and two cryptographic engines, a cipher engine and a hash engine, and associated control logic.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种包括这种电路的多处理器电子电路和电子数据处理系统，用于降低具有加密功能的多处理器系统的功耗和芯片面积消耗。 在一个实施例中，多处理器电子电路包括多个处理器，包括多个输入/输出缓冲器对和两个加密引擎，密码引擎和哈希引擎以及相关控制逻辑的单个密码处理单元。

公开(公告)号：US07987384B2

公开(公告)日：2011-07-26

申请号：US12029516

申请日：2008-02-12

申请人： Christian Jacobi ,  Matthias Pflanz ,  Chung-Lung Kevin Shum ,  Hans-Werner Tast ,  Aaron Tsai

发明人： Christian Jacobi ,  Matthias Pflanz ,  Chung-Lung Kevin Shum ,  Hans-Werner Tast ,  Aaron Tsai

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F12/0804 ,  G06F11/1064 ,  G06F12/0855 ,  G06F12/0897

摘要： A method for handling errors in a cache memory without processor core recovery includes receiving a fetch request for data from a processor and simultaneously transmitting fetched data and a parity matching the parity of the fetched data to the processor. The fetched data is received from a higher-level cache into a low level cache of the processor. Upon determining that the fetched data failed an error check indicating that the fetched data is corrupted, the method includes requesting an execution pipeline to discontinue processing and flush its contents, and initiating a clean up sequence, which includes sending an invalidation request to the low level cache causing the low level cache to remove lines associated with the corrupted data, and requesting the execution pipeline to restart. The execution pipeline accesses a copy of the requested data from a higher-level storage location.

摘要翻译： 用于处理高速缓冲存储器中没有处理器核心恢复的错误的方法包括从处理器接收对数据的取出请求，同时发送取出的数据以及将获取的数据的奇偶校验与校验符相匹配的处理器。 将获取的数据从较高级别的高速缓存接收到处理器的低级缓存中。 在确定所获取的数据失败的情况下，指示所取出的数据被破坏的错误检查失败，所述方法包括请求执行流水线中断处理和刷新其内容，以及启动清理序列，其包括将无效请求发送到低级别 缓存导致低级缓存删除与损坏的数据相关联的行，并请求执行管道重新启动。 执行流水线从较高级别的存储位置访问所请求的数据的副本。

公开(公告)号：US07975130B2

公开(公告)日：2011-07-05

申请号：US12034042

申请日：2008-02-20

申请人： Khary J. Alexander ,  Fadi Y. Busada ,  Bruce C. Giamei ,  David S. Hutton ,  Chung-Lung Kevin Shum

发明人： Khary J. Alexander ,  Fadi Y. Busada ,  Bruce C. Giamei ,  David S. Hutton ,  Chung-Lung Kevin Shum

IPC分类号： G06F9/312

CPC分类号： G06F9/3826 ,  G06F9/3016 ,  G06F9/382 ,  G06F9/3834 ,  G06F9/3836 ,  G06F9/3861

摘要： A method and system for early instruction text based operand store compare avoidance in a processor are provided. The system includes a processor pipeline for processing instruction text in an instruction stream, where the instruction text includes operand address information. The system also includes delay logic to monitor the instruction stream. The delay logic performs a method that includes detecting a load instruction following a store instruction in the instruction stream, comparing the operand address information of the store instruction with the load instruction. The method also includes delaying the load instruction in the processor pipeline in response to detecting a common field value between the operand address information of the store instruction and the load instruction.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于处理器中早期指令文本操作数存储比较避免的方法和系统。 该系统包括用于处理指令流中的指令文本的处理器流水线，其中指令文本包括操作数地址信息。 该系统还包括监视指令流的延迟逻辑。 延迟逻辑执行一种方法，其包括检测在指令流中的存储指令之后的加载指令，将存储指令的操作数地址信息与加载指令进行比较。 响应于检测存储指令的操作数地址信息和加载指令之间的公共字段值，该方法还包括延迟处理器流水线中的加载指令。

公开(公告)号：US07962726B2

公开(公告)日：2011-06-14

申请号：US12051215

申请日：2008-03-19

申请人： Edward T. Malley ,  Khary J. Alexander ,  Fadi Y. Busaba ,  Vimal M. Kapadia ,  Jeffrey S. Plate ,  John G. Rell, Jr. ,  Chung-Lung Kevin Shum

发明人： Edward T. Malley ,  Khary J. Alexander ,  Fadi Y. Busaba ,  Vimal M. Kapadia ,  Jeffrey S. Plate ,  John G. Rell, Jr. ,  Chung-Lung Kevin Shum

IPC分类号： G06F9/00 ,  G06F9/44

CPC分类号： G06F9/30065 ,  G06F9/3832

摘要： A pipelined microprocessor configured for long operand instructions is disclosed. The microprocessor includes a memory unit and a load-store unit. The load store unit is coupled to the memory unit and includes a data formatter receiving information from the memory unit and including an operand selector and a shift register portion. The microprocessor also includes an execution unit coupled to the load-store unit and receiving operand information there from. The execution unit includes output latches coupled to a storage location within the execution unit for storing output information from the execution unit.

摘要翻译： 公开了配置用于长操作数指令的流水线微处理器。 微处理器包括存储单元和加载存储单元。 加载存储单元耦合到存储器单元，并且包括从存储器单元接收信息并包括操作数选择器和移位寄存器部分的数据格式化器。 微处理器还包括耦合到加载存储单元并从其接收操作数信息的执行单元。 执行单元包括耦合到执行单元内的存储位置的输出锁存器，用于存储来自执行单元的输出信息。

公开(公告)号：US20090210662A1

公开(公告)日：2009-08-20

申请号：US12032041

申请日：2008-02-15

申请人： David A. Schroter ,  Mark S. Farrell ,  Jennifer Navarro ,  Chung-Lung Kevin Shum ,  Charles F. Webb

发明人： David A. Schroter ,  Mark S. Farrell ,  Jennifer Navarro ,  Chung-Lung Kevin Shum ,  Charles F. Webb

IPC分类号： G06F9/30 ,  G06F12/08

CPC分类号： G06F9/30047 ,  G06F12/0862

摘要： A microprocessor equipped to provide hardware initiated prefetching, includes at least one architecture for performing: issuance of a prefetch instruction; writing of a prefetch address into a prefetch fetch address register (PFAR); attempting a prefetch according to the address; detecting one of a cache miss and a cache hit; and if there is a cache miss, then sending a miss request to a next cache level and attempting cache access in a non-busy cycle; and if there is a cache hit, then incrementing the address in the PFAR and completing the prefetch. A method and a computer program product are provided.

摘要翻译： 配备提供硬件发起预取的微处理器包括用于执行：发出预取指令的至少一个架构; 将预取地址写入预取提取地址寄存器（PFAR）; 根据地址尝试预取; 检测缓存未命中和缓存命中之一; 并且如果存在高速缓存未命中，则将错误请求发送到下一个高速缓存级别，并在非繁忙周期中尝试高速缓存访​​问; 并且如果存在缓存命中，则增加PFAR中的地址并完成预取。 提供了一种方法和计算机程序产品。

公开(公告)号：US20090210656A1

公开(公告)日：2009-08-20

申请号：US12034084

申请日：2008-02-20

申请人： David S. Hutton ,  Khary J. Alexander ,  Fadi Y. Busaba ,  Bruce C. Giamei ,  John G. Rell, JR. ,  Eric M. Schwarz ,  Chung-Lung Kevin Shum

发明人： David S. Hutton ,  Khary J. Alexander ,  Fadi Y. Busaba ,  Bruce C. Giamei ,  John G. Rell, JR. ,  Eric M. Schwarz ,  Chung-Lung Kevin Shum

IPC分类号： G06F15/76 ,  G06F9/02 ,  G06F9/312

CPC分类号： G06F9/3836 ,  G06F9/3857 ,  G06F9/3873

摘要： A system and method for overlapping execution (OE) of instructions through non-uniform execution pipelines in an in-order processor are provided. The system includes a first execution unit to perform instruction execution in a first execution pipeline. The system also includes a second execution unit to perform instruction execution in a second execution pipeline, where the second execution pipeline includes a greater number of stages than the first execution pipeline. The system further includes an instruction dispatch unit (IDU), the IDU including OE registers and logic for dispatching an OE-capable instruction to the first execution unit such that the instruction completes execution prior to completing execution of a previously dispatched instruction to the second execution unit. The system additionally includes a latch to hold a result of the execution of the OE-capable instruction until after the second execution unit completes the execution of the previously dispatched instruction.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于通过在顺序处理器中的非均匀执行管线来重复执行（OE）指令的系统和方法。 该系统包括在第一执行流水线中执行指令执行的第一执行单元。 该系统还包括第二执行单元，用于在第二执行流水线中执行指令执行，其中第二执行流水线包括比第一执行流水线更多的级数。 该系统还包括一个指令调度单元（IDU），该IDU包括OE寄存器和用于向第一执行单元分配一个OE能力指令的逻辑，使得指令在完成先前发送的指令执行之前完成执行 单元。 该系统还包括一个锁存器，用于保持执行OE能力指令的结果，直到第二执行单元完成先前发送的指令的执行。