Out-of-order load/store execution control
US5754812A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 26, 1996 |
| Grant date | May 19, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 26, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3853
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Scheduler logic which tracks the relative age of stores with respect to a particular load (and of loads with respect to a particular store) allows a load-store execution controller constructed in accordance with the present invention to hold younger stores until the completion of older loads (and to hold younger loads until completion of older stores). Address matching logic allows a load-store execution controller constructed in accordance with the present invention to avoid load-store (and store-load) dependencies. Propagate-kill scan chains supply the relative age indications of loads with respect to stores (and of stores with respect to loads).
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