Method and apparatus for processing a predicated instruction using limited predicate slip
US6883089B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 30, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 19, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3838
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method of processing a predicated instruction is disclosed. A consumer instruction and a predicated instruction are received in an reservation station of an out-order processor. The consumer instruction depends on a result of the predicated instruction. The predicated instruction is dispatched to an execution unit for execution. The executed predicate instruction is stored in a re-order buffer.
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