Abstract:
A data processing apparatus is provided comprising processing circuitry and an instruction decoder responsive to program instructions to control processing circuitry to perform the data processing. The instruction decoder is responsive to an address calculating instruction to perform an address calculating operation for calculating a partial address result from a non-fixed reference address and a partial offset value such that a full address specifying a memory location of an information entity is calculable from said partial address result using at least one supplementary program instruction. The partial offset value has a bit-width greater than or equal to said instruction size and is encoded within at least one partial offset field of said address calculating instruction. A corresponding data processing method, virtual machine and computer program product are also provided.
Abstract:
Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing privilege agnostic segment base register read or write instruction are described. An exemplary method may include fetching the privilege agnostic segment base register write instruction, wherein the privilege agnostic write instruction includes a 64-bit data source operand, decoding the fetched privilege agnostic segment base register write instruction, and executing the decoded privilege agnostic segment base register write instruction to write the 64-bit data of the source operand into the segment base register identified by the opcode of the privilege agnostic segment base register write instruction.
Abstract:
An instruction set for a microcontroller with a data memory divided into a plurality of memory banks wherein the data memory has more than one memory bank of the plurality of memory banks that form a block of linear data memory to which no special function registers are mapped, a bank select register which is not mapped to the data memory for selecting a memory bank, and with an indirect access register mapped to at least one memory bank, wherein the instruction set includes a plurality of instructions operable to directly address all memory locations within a selected bank, at least one instruction that provides access to the bank select register, and at least one instruction performing an indirect address to the data memory using the indirect access register.
Abstract:
A method, system and program product for enciphering or deciphering storage of a computing environment by specifying, via an instruction, a unit of storage to be enciphered or deciphered.
Abstract:
A processor is provided that has a data memory that may be addressed as a dual memory space in one mode and as a single linear memory space in another mode. The memory may permit dual concurrent operand fetches from the data memory when DSP instructions are processed. The memory may then dynamically permit the same memory to be accessed as a single linear memory address space for non-DSP instructions.
Abstract:
Embodiments relate to multithreading capability information retrieval. An aspect is a computer system includes a configuration with one or more cores configurable between a single thread (ST) mode and a multithreading (MT) mode. The ST mode addresses a primary thread and the MT mode addresses the primary thread and one or more secondary threads on shared resources of each core. The computer system also includes a multithreading facility configured to control utilization of the configuration to perform a method that includes executing, by the core, a retrieve multithreading capability information instruction. The execution includes obtaining thread identification information that identifies multithreading capability of the configuration, and storing the obtained thread identification information.
Abstract:
A code sequence made up multiple instructions and specifying an offset from a base address is identified in an object file. The offset from the base address corresponds to an offset location in a memory configured for storing an address of a variable or data. The identified code sequence is configured to perform a memory reference function or a memory address computation function. It is determined that the offset location is within a specified distance of the base address and that a replacement of the identified code sequence with a replacement code sequence will not alter program semantics. The identified code sequence in the object file is replaced with the replacement code sequence that includes a no-operation (NOP) instruction or having fewer instructions than the identified code sequence. Linked executable code is generated based on the object file and the linked executable code is emitted.
Abstract:
An instruction set for a microcontroller with a data memory divided into a plurality of memory banks wherein the data memory has more than one memory bank of the plurality of memory banks that form a block of linear data memory to which no special function registers are mapped, a bank select register which is not mapped to the data memory for selecting a memory bank, and with an indirect access register mapped to at least one memory bank, wherein the instruction set includes a plurality of instructions operable to directly address all memory locations within a selected bank, at least one instruction that provides access to the bank select register, and at least one instruction performing an indirect address to the data memory using the indirect access register.
Abstract:
A microcontroller has a data memory divided into a plurality of memory banks, an address multiplexer for providing an address to the data memory, an instruction register providing a first partial address to a first input of the address multiplexer, a bank select register which is not mapped to the data memory for providing a second partial address to a the first input of the address multiplexer, and a plurality of special function registers mapped to the data memory, wherein the plurality of special function registers comprises an indirect access register coupled with a second input of the address multiplexer, and wherein the data memory comprises more than one memory bank of the plurality of memory banks that form a block of linear data memory to which no special function registers are mapped.