发明名称 Holding mechanism for changing operation modes in a pipelined computer
摘要 A pipelined computer comprises a plurality of stages. An instruction subsequent to an operation mode changing instruction is held in a predetermined stage according to a type of the operation mode changing instruction. For example, if the instruction is the one subsequent to an ICP (Instruction mode Change to Privilege) instruction, it is held in an instruction decode stage where a privilege exception is detected. If the instruction is the one subsequent to an ACS (Addressing mode Change to Secure) instruction, it is held in an address adding stage where an address computation is performed. Moreover, if the instruction is the one subsequent to an ACD (Addressing mode Change to Direct) instruction, they are held in an address translation stage where an address translation is performed. These holdings are released after the operation mode changing instruction is completed. Furthermore, if the subsequent instructions are the ones which are not affected by the operation mode changing instruction, the subsequent instruction may be controlled so as not to be held.
申请公布号 US6081886(A) 申请公布日期 2000.06.27
申请号 US19980049058 申请日期 1998.03.27
申请人 NEC CORPORATION 发明人 SHIBUYA, TOSHITERU
分类号 G06F9/318;G06F9/34;G06F9/38;(IPC1-7):G06F9/38 主分类号 G06F9/318
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