Parallelizing single threaded programs by performing look ahead operation on the single threaded program to identify plurality of instruction threads prior to execution

摘要

A method and apparatus for speculatively executing a single threaded program within a multi-core processor which includes identifying an idle core within the multi-core processor, performing a look ahead operation on the single thread instructions to identify speculative instructions within the single thread instructions, and allocating the idle core to execute the speculative instructions.