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US08458516B2 Processor system and operation mode switching method for processor system
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处理器系统和处理器系统的操作模式切换方法
- Patent Title: Processor system and operation mode switching method for processor system
- Patent Title (中): 处理器系统和处理器系统的操作模式切换方法
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Application No.: US12656013Application Date: 2010-01-13
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Publication No.: US08458516B2Publication Date: 2013-06-04
- Inventor: Hideki Matsuyama
- Applicant: Hideki Matsuyama
- Applicant Address: JP Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa
- Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa
- Agency: McGinn IP Law Group, PLLC
- Priority: JP2009-039845 20090223
- Main IPC: G06F11/00
- IPC: G06F11/00 ; G06F11/16

Abstract:
A processor system according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes a first processor, a second processor, a control unit, a signal line group, and a selection circuit. The control unit switches an operation mode between a lock step mode for the first and second processors to execute the same instruction stream and a free step mode for the first and second processors to execute different instruction streams. The signal line group includes at least one signal line disposed between a first memory circuit included in the first processor and a second memory circuit included in the second processor. The signal line group is capable of transferring a storage state of the first memory circuit to the second memory circuit. The selection circuit is capable of switching a connection destination of the second memory circuit between the second processor and the signal line group.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100218022A1 Processor system and operation mode switching method for processor system Public/Granted day:2010-08-26
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