trap to microcode

15:23 Apr 14, 2020
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Law/Patents - Electronics / Elect Eng
English term or phrase: trap to microcode
Appears in a patent for a microprocessor.

"The microprocessor of claim 1, wherein the microprocessor is configured to trap to microcode of the microprocessor in response to detecting the continuous sequence of N NOP instructions."

"The method of claim 10, further comprising: trapping to microcode of the microprocessor in response to detecting the continuous sequence of N NOP instructions."

The general idea with "trapping to microcode" is that if there is an unusual event in the execution of the normal code (such as this sequence of numbers here, or it could be an error of some sort), an exception is raised (the event is 'trapped'), and the system jumps to some code that is pre-programmed on the microchip. This sort of emergency code is called 'microcode' or 'firmware'. So 'trapping' here is like a switch that blows, and this microcode is activated.
RosettaT
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:25


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3pour piéger dans le microcode
Yassine El Bouknify


  

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pour piéger dans le microcode


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Yassine El Bouknify
Morocco
Local time: 13:25
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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