2 results about "Machine code" patented technology

A reconfigurable, multi-core processor includes a plurality of memory blocks and programmable elements, including units for processing, memory interface, and on-chip cognitive data routing, all interconnected by a self-routing cognitive on-chip network. In embodiments, the processing units perform intrinsic operations in any order, and the self-routing network forms interconnections that allow the sequence of operations to be varied and both synchronous and asynchronous data to be transmitted as needed. A method for programming the processor includes partitioning an application into modules, determining whether the modules execute in series, program-driven parallel, or data-driven parallel, determining the data flow required between the modules, assigning hardware resources as needed, and automatically generating machine code for each module. In embodiments, a Time Field is added to the instruction format for all programming units that specifies the number of clock cycles for which only one instruction fetch and decode will be performed.

A linker is usually used, in post processing of compiling high-level languages such as C into machine executable language, to bind separately compiled object files and resolve the addresses (142) of global variables (140) declared in the separate files. The invention proposes linking during compile time by using a special purpose hash table called global variables hash table (130) shared among the separate files. This results in a collection of processed object files that are coherent in terms of their addresses (142) for global variables (140) that could be further assembled correctly into machine executable code. This method is useful for compiling separate high level language source files to generate executable machine code employing a technique of address resolution across separate modules.