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US 8,997,210 B1Granted
Leveraging a peripheral device to execute a machine instruction
AssigneeAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.
InventorsDavid A. Kaplan, Philip Ng
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AssigneeAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.
InventorsDavid A. Kaplan, Philip Ng
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A method includes executing microcode in a processing unit of a processor to implement a machine instruction, wherein the microcode is to manipulate the processing unit to access a peripheral device on a public communication bus at a private address not visible to other devices on the public communication bus and not specified in the machine instruction. A processor includes a public communication bus, a peripheral device coupled to the public communication bus, and a processing unit. The processing unit is to execute microcode to implement a machine instruction. The microcode is to manipulate the processing unit to access a peripheral device on a public communication bus at a private address not visible to other devices on the public communication bus and not specified in the machine instruction.
A method, comprising:
A processor, comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable media storing code to adapt at least one computer system to perform a portion of a process to fabricate at least part of a processor, the processor comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.