Trace unit with a trace builder

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7949854
SERIAL NO

11880861

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An instruction processing unit includes a trace builder circuit operable to (i) receive at least a portion of a first type of sequence of operations and to generate, based thereon, a second type of sequence of operations, where the portion includes at most one control transfer instruction that, when present, ends the portion, (ii) receive sets of at least two sequences of operations and to generate, based thereon, a plurality of third type of sequences of operations, where a sequence of operations of the third type includes one or more interior control transfer instructions and is generated from the sequence of operations of the second type and another sequence of operations of the third type, and (iii) retrieve the sequence of operations of the second type and the another sequence of operations of the third type from a cache circuit.

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  • ORACLE AMERICA, INC.;SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.;SUN MICROSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Favor, John Gregory Scotts Valley, US 67 1505
Rowlands, Joseph Byron Santa Clara, US 17 244
Shar, Leonard Eric Menlo Park, US 11 142
Thaik, Richard Win San Jose, US 11 111

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