发明名称 |
FUSING FLAG-PRODUCING AND FLAG-CONSUMING INSTRUCTIONS IN INSTRUCTION PROCESSING CIRCUITS, AND RELATED PROCESSOR SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA |
摘要 |
Fusing flag-producing and flag-consuming instructions in instruction processing circuits and related processor systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed. In one embodiment, a flag-producing instruction indicating a first operation generating a first flag result is detected in an instruction stream by an instruction processing circuit. The instruction processing circuit also detects a flag-consuming instruction in the instruction stream indicating a second operation consuming the first flag result as an input. The instruction processing circuit generates a fused instruction indicating the first operation generating the first flag result and indicating the second operation consuming the first flag result as the input. In this manner, as a non-limiting example, the fused instruction eliminates a potential for a read-after-write hazard between the flag-producing instruction and the flag-consuming instruction. |
申请公布号 |
US2014047221(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2014.02.13 |
申请号 |
US201313788008 |
申请日期 |
2013.03.07 |
申请人 |
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED |
发明人 |
IRWIN ANDREW S.;DIEFFENDERFER JAMES NORRIS;BROWN MELINDA J.;SCHOTTMILLER JEFFERY M.;STEMPEL BRIAN MICHAEL;MCILVAINE MICHAEL SCOTT;SMITH RODNEY WAYNE;MORROW MICHAEL WILLIAM |
分类号 |
G06F9/30 |
主分类号 |
G06F9/30 |
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