Patent · US Expired

Processor and method of grouping and executing dependent instructions in a packet

US7523295B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 21, 2005
Grant dateApr 21, 2009
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Expiry dateApr 17, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/3853
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An interleaved multithreading pipeline operating method comprises reading an instruction packet containing at least two instructions, steering a first instruction of the instruction packet to a first execution unit for execution and generating a first result, steering a second instruction of the instruction packet to a second execution unit for execution using the first result and generating a second result, and storing the second result.

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