| US 7,555,611 B2 | ||
| Memory management of local variables upon a change of context | ||
| Serge Lasserre, Frejus (France); Maija Kuusela, Mouans Sartoux (France); and Gerard Chauvel, Antibes (France) | ||
| Assigned to Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 31, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/632,076. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/400391, filed on Jul. 31, 2002. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 03291907 (EP), filed on Jul. 30, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0078522 A1, Apr. 22, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 12/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 711—144 [711/118; 711/129; 711/154; 711/156; 711/173] | 22 Claims |
| 19. A method, comprising:
allocating space in a data memory in which variables are stored that are used by methods;
setting a value indicative of which variables are used by finished methods and which variables are used by unfinished methods,
including setting a plurality of allocation bits associated with a plurality of lines provided in the data memory; and
wherein, based on the value, fetching local variables associated with the second group from external memory that is separate
from the data memory.
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