公开(公告)号：AU4939501A

公开(公告)日：2001-10-15

申请号：AU4939501

申请日：2001-03-23

Applicant: INTEL CORP

Inventor： ELLISON CARL M ,  GOLLIVER ROGER A ,  HERBERT HOWARD C ,  LIN DERRICK C ,  MCKEEN FRANCIS X ,  NEIGER GILBERT ,  RENERIS KEN ,  SUTTON JAMES A ,  THAKKAR SHREEKANT S ,  MITTAL MILLIND

IPC: G06F9/46 ,  G06F1/00 ,  G06F9/48 ,  G06F21/00

Abstract: A technique is provided to execute isolated instructions according to an embodiment of the present invention. An execution unit executes an isolated instruction in a processor operating in a platform. The processor is configured in one of a normal execution mode and an isolated execution mode. A parameter storage containing at least one parameter to support execution of the isolated instruction when the processor is configured in the isolated execution mode.