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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.