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Method to execute successive dependent instructions from an instruction stream in a processor

US10831496B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Maarten J. Boersma · Holzgerlingen, DE
Michael K. Kroener · Ehningen, DE
Niels Fricke · Herrenberg, DE
Razvan Peter Figuli · Remchingen, DE
Nandor Szirmak · Böblingen, DE
Dung Q. Nguyen · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 28, 2019
Grant date	Nov 10, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 28, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/382
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method to execute successive dependent instructions from an instruction stream in a processor. In an embodiment, the invention relates to a method to execute successive dependent instructions from an instruction stream in a processor. The method may include identifying a first instruction and a second instruction. A given operand of a second instruction is an output of the first instruction of the pair. The first instruction is older than the second instruction. The method may include loading the operands of the first instruction and the second instruction. The method may include executing the first instruction and the second instruction.

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