US 6,983,360 B2 | ||
Program loading mechanism through a single input data path | ||
Neal Andrew Crook, Reading (United Kingdom); and James Peterson, Portland, Oreg. (US) | ||
Assigned to Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, Id. (US) | ||
Filed on Aug. 30, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/943,586. | ||
Prior Publication US 2003/0046523 A1, Mar. 06, 2003 | ||
Int. Cl. G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G06F 9/24 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 712—229 | 34 Claims |
1. A method of loading program code, data, and control information into a processing engine, said method comprising:
receiving said program code, said data, and said control information via a single input data path, said program code, said
data, and said control information including identification bits;
reading an identification bit received via said input data path, said identification bit indicating one of setup data and
program data;
processing setup data received via said input data path by executing a pass-through instruction that causes said setup data
to propagate through an execution pipeline without modification in accordance with said identification bit indicating setup
data; and
processing program data received via said input data path in accordance with said identification bit indicating program data.
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