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Addressing method for executing load instructions out of order with respect to store instructions

US5784586A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 21, 1995
Grant dateJul 21, 1998
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Expiry dateAug 21, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/3834
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of permitting out of order execution of load instructions with respect to older store instructions in a general purpose computer evaluates whether the same data bytes are being accessed by both the store and load instructions and if they are not the same, then out of order execution of the load with respect to the store instructions is permitted.

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