US Patent:
20110078389, Mar 31, 2011
Inventors:
Baiju V. Patel - Portland OR, US
Rajeev Gopalakrishna - Hillsboro OR, US
Andrew F. Glew - Hillsboro OR, US
Robert J. Kushlis - Worcester MA, US
Don Alan Van Dyke - Rescue CA, US
Joseph Frank Cihula - Hillsboro OR, US
Asit K. Mallick - Saratoga CA, US
James B. Crossland - Banks OR, US
Gilbert Neiger - Portland OR, US
Scott Dion Rodgers - Hillsboro OR, US
Martin Guy Dixon - Portland OR, US
Mark Jay Charney - Lexington MA, US
Jocob Gottlieb - Kiryat Tivon, IL
International Classification:
G06F 9/30
G06F 12/02
G06F 9/302
US Classification:
711154, 712225, 711200, 712221, 712E09016, 711E12002, 712E09017
Abstract:
A set of default registers of a processor are expanded into metadata registers on the processor of a computer system. The default registers having stored thereon data, while metadata which is related to the data is stored separately on the metadata registers.