Implementation of precise interrupts in pipelined processors

James E. Smith, Andrew R. Pleszkun

1998 · 193 citations · 6 references

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An imerrupl Is precise if the saved process state corresponds with the sequcnnal model of program execution where one insrruction completes before the next begins. In a pipclined processor. precise intcrrums are diffcuh IO achmve baause an insrrucuon may be inirirmd before us predecessors have been completed.

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