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Reducing power consumption in a multi-slice computer processor

US10564691B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Steven J. Battle · Austin, US
Owen Chiang · Austin, US
Sam Gat-Shang Chu · Round Rock, US
Saiful Islam · Austin, US
Dung Q. Nguyen · Austin, US
David R. Terry · Austin, US
Eula A. Tolentino · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 3, 2017
Grant date	Feb 18, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 6, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D10/00
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Reducing power consumption in a multi-slice computer processor that includes a re-order buffer and an architected register file, including: designating an entry in the re-order buffer as being invalid and unwritten; assigning a pending instruction to the entry in the re-order buffer; responsive to assigning the pending instruction to the entry in the re-order buffer, designating the entry as being valid; writing data generated by executing the pending instruction into the re-order buffer; and responsive to writing data generated by executing the pending instruction into the re-order buffer, designating the entry as being written.

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