摘要:
System for direct access to a memory associated with a microprocessor data processing device comprising a direct access interface for introducing or extracting data in the memory during interruptions of the connection between the processing device and the memory, and a buffer interface operable during a portion of the access time of the processing device to the memory, to supply data addresses contained in the memory originating from the processing device and to enable circulation of corresponding data between the processing device and the memory, and during the remainder of the access time of the processing device, to the end of the access time, to store data transferred from the memory and to prevent transmission of data to the memory. A logic circuit controls inhibition of the buffer interface or of the direct access interface and, during the periods of inhibition of the buffer interface, permits the circulation of data and of addresses between the direct access interface and the memory.
摘要:
A processor executes an instruction that causes a comparison to be performed between contents of a first register and contents of a second register and between the contents of the first register and a predetermined value. The instruction is particularly useful for determining whether an attempted access (either a load or write) to an array improperly targets a location outside the boundary of the array. In some embodiments, a system (e.g., a communication device such as cellular telephone) includes a processor capable of executing the instruction as described above.
摘要:
Systems, methods, and storage media for accessing indirect memory in Java applications are provided. In some embodiments, a storage medium is provided that comprises Java application software that performs one or more operations on an indirect memory of a device. The software comprises instructions that create an instance of a Java class representing the indirect memory, and instructions that access a memory element of the indirect memory using an element unique identifier (“euid”) of the memory element. Other embodiments provide a method for accessing memory elements of a device that comprises creating an instance of a Java class representing the memory elements, and accessing a memory element of the memory elements using an element unique identifier (“euid”) of the memory element, wherein the memory elements are not mapped into the data memory space of the processor.
摘要:
A processor comprising a decode logic coupled to a first storage unit and comprising a data structure. The processor also comprises a second storage unit coupled to the decode logic. The decode logic obtains a single instruction from the first storage unit and, if indicated by a first bit in the data structure, processes a group of instructions in lieu of the single instruction, where the single instruction requires an operand. If indicated by a second bit in the data structure, the decode logic obtains the operand from the first storage unit, modifies the operand, and stores the operand to the second storage unit for use by the group of instructions.
摘要:
A processor (e.g., a co-processor) capable of executing instructions sequentially, comprises at least two functional hardware resources. When two instructions that are consecutive in program order and are executed on two separate functional hardware resources, the execution of the two instructions may be parallelized if the two instructions are within a hardware loop. The processor thus, may implement a multiply and accumulate process in an efficient manner by performing the multiply instructions concurrently with the add instructions (which require fewer cycles to complete than the multiply instructions).
摘要:
A digital system and method of operation is which the digital system has a processor with a virtual machine environment for interpretively executing instructions. First, a sequence of instructions is received (404) for execution by the virtual machine. The sequence of instructions is examined (408–414) to determine if a certain type of iterative sequence is present. If the certain type of iterative sequence is present, the iterative sequence is replaced (412) with a proprietary code sequence. After the modifications are complete, the modified sequence is executed in a manner that a portion of the sequence of instructions is executed in an interpretive manner (418); and the proprietary code sequences are executed directly by acceleration circuitry (420).
摘要:
A digital system and method of operation is provided in which several processors (740(0)–740(n)) are connected to a shared resource (750). Each processor has an access priority register (1410) that is loaded with an access priority value by software executing on the processor. A memory management unit (MMU) (700) is connected to receive a request address (742) from each respective processor. The MMU has a set of entries that correspond to pages of address space. Each entry provides a set of attributes for the associated page of address space, including an address space priority value 309a. For each request, the MMU accesses an entry corresponding to the request address and provides an address space priority value associated with that requested address space page. Arbitration circuitry (1430) is connected to receive a request signal from each processor along with the access priority value from each access priority register and the address space priority value from each MMU. The arbitration circuitry is operable to schedule access to the shared resource according to higher of the pair of priority values provided by each processor.
摘要:
An electronic device that comprises a processor including an individual instruction and a first group of instructions. The device further comprises a memory externally coupled to the processor, as well as a second group of instructions. When executed, the first group of instructions causes the processor to execute the second group of instructions in lieu of the individual instruction.
摘要:
A processor executes an instruction that causes a source data field from a programmable position within a first source register to be copied to a destination register. The instruction is particularly useful for generating media-based bitstreams (e.g., audio, video). In some embodiments, a system (e.g., a communication device such as cellular telephone) includes a processor capable of executing the instruction as described above.
摘要:
A processor executes a load (or store) instruction that permits optional error checking to be performed. Based on a control bit in the load instruction, the processor executes the load instruction by causing contents of a source register to be compared to a predetermined value. If the contents of the source register equals the predetermined value, the processor executes an exception handler. However, if the source register contents differs from the predetermined value, the load instruction causes the processor to cause a data value from memory to be loaded into a destination register