File replication methods and apparatus for reducing port pressure in a clustered processor
US6230251A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 22, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 8, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3885
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention provides techniques for reducing the port pressure of a clustered processor. In an illustrative embodiment, the processor includes multiple clusters of execution units, with each of the clusters having a portion of a register file and a portion of a predicate file associated therewith, such that a given cluster is permitted to write to and read from its associated portions of the register and predicate files. A replication technique in accordance with the invention reduces port pressure by replicating, e.g., a register lock file and a predicate lock file of the processor for each of the clusters. The replicated files vary depending upon whether the technique is implemented with a write-only interconnection or a read-only interconnection.
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