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Apparatus, method and system for fast register renaming using virtual renaming, including by using rename information or a renamed register

US6950928B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 2001
Grant dateSep 27, 2005
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Expiry dateMay 13, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/3858
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for renaming a source for use with a processor, the method including providing an instruction, building instruction dependency information based on the instruction, caching the instruction based on the instruction dependency information to provide a cached instruction, renaming a register based on the cached instruction to provide a renamed register, and multiplexing the instruction dependency information and the renamed register to rename the source.

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