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Instruction tracking system for processors

US8874880B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 26, 2013
Grant dateOct 28, 2014
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Expiry dateAug 26, 2033

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

Abstract

Instructions are tracked in a processor. A completion unit in the processor receives an instruction group to add to a table to form a received instruction group. In response to receiving the received instruction group, the completion unit determines whether an entry is present that contains a previously stored instruction group in a first location and has space for storing the received instruction group. In response to the entry being present, the completion unit stores the received instruction group in a second location in the entry to form a stored instruction group.

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