Invention Application
- Patent Title: ACCESSING AND MANAGING CODE TRANSLATIONS IN A MICROPROCESSOR
- Patent Title (中): 访问和管理微处理器中的代码转换
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Application No.: US13444673Application Date: 2012-04-11
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Publication No.: US20130275684A1Publication Date: 2013-10-17
- Inventor: Nathan Tuck , Ross Segelken
- Applicant: Nathan Tuck , Ross Segelken
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Main IPC: G06F12/08
- IPC: G06F12/08

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a micro-processing system includes a hardware structure disposed on a processor core. The hardware structure includes a plurality of entries, each of which are associated with portion of code and a translation of that code which can be executed to achieve substantially equivalent functionality. The hardware structure includes a redirection array that enables, when referenced, execution to be redirected from a portion of code to its counterpart translation. The entries enabling such redirection are maintained within or evicted from the hardware structure based on usage information for the entries.
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