METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A PROCESSOR STATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTING PROCESSOR OPERATION - Patent 1576475

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EP 1 576 475 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	21.05.2004

(43)	Date of publication:
	21.09.2005 Bulletin 2005/38

(21)	Application number: 03764379.8

(22)	Date of filing: 09.07.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 11/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/021288

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/008319 (22.01.2004 Gazette 2004/04)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

11.07.2002 US 193836

(71)	Applicant: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC.
	California 94088-3453 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	WOOD, Timothy, J. Austin, TX 78737 (US) WHITE, Scott, A. Austin, TX 78739 (US)

(74)	Representative: Wright, Hugh Ronald
	Brookes Batchellor 102-108 Clerkenwell Road London EC1M 6SE London EC1M 6SE (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A PROCESSOR STATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTING PROCESSOR OPERATION