Method of constructing and unrolling speculatively counted loops
US6539541B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 20, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 20, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/443
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of constructing and unrolling speculatively counted loops. The method of the present invention first locates a memory load instruction within the loop body of a loop. An advance load instruction is inserted into the preheader of the loop. The memory load instruction is replaced with a check instruction. The loop body is unrolled. A cleanup block is generated for said loop.
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