(19)
(11) EP 3 446 222 B8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
04.03.2020 Bulletin 2020/10

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
01.01.2020 Bulletin 2020/01

(21) Application number: 17715980.3

(22) Date of filing: 29.03.2017
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06F 12/14(2006.01)
G06F 9/30(2018.01)
G06F 9/355(2018.01)
G06F 16/245(2019.01)
 G06F 13/28(2006.01)
G06F 9/345(2018.01)
G06F 16/23(2019.01)
G06F 16/22(2019.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/GB2017/050881
(87) International publication number:
WO 2017/182770 (26.10.2017 Gazette 2017/43)

(54)

AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS ON CAPABILITY METADATA

VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR DURCHFÜHRUNG VON OPERATIONEN AUF KAPAZITÄTSMETADATEN

APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ PERMETTANT D'EFFECTUER DES OPÉRATIONS SUR DES MÉTADONNÉES DE CAPACITÉ

(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(30) Priority: 20.04.2016 GB 201606872

(43) Date of publication of application:
27.02.2019 Bulletin 2019/09

(73) Proprietor: ARM Limited
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB1 9NJ (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • BARNES, Graeme Peter
    Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 9NJ (GB)
  • BILES, Stuart David
    Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 9NJ (GB)

(74) Representative: D Young & Co LLP 
120 Holborn
London EC1N 2DY
London EC1N 2DY (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
US-A1- 2012 296 877
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  • Robert N M Watson ET AL: "Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions: CHERI Instruction-Set Architecture" In: "Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions: CHERI Instruction-Set Architecture", 30 September 2015 (2015-09-30), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, XP055330177, abstract page 35, paragraph 1.13 page 61, paragraph 3.4.11 - page 67, paragraph 4.2.1 page 99 - page 101 page 111 page 165, paragraph 6.2.1 - page 166, paragraph 6.2.2 figure 4.1
   
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