Patent ID: 11868780
Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A device, comprising:
a first register associated with a tag;
a processor configured to:
receive a first instruction including a command and an address associated with the first register;
set the tag in response to the first instruction; and
receive a second instruction associated with the address, wherein the processor is configured to stall execution of the second instruction until the tag is cleared;

a coprocessor configured to:
receive the command and the address;
process the command to generate a result; and
provide the result to the processor for the processor to store the result in the first register indicated by the address; and

arbitration logic configured to prioritize between a request by the processor to write to a second register and a request by the coprocessor for the processor to write the result in the first register;
wherein in response to the processor storing the result in the first register, the processor is configured to clear the tag.