SCHEDULER FOR USE IN A MICROPROCESSOR THAT SUPPORTS DATA-SPECULATIVE-EXECUTION

摘要

A microprocessor (100) may include several execution units (124) and a scheduler (118) coupled to issue operations to at least one of the execution units (124). The scheduler (118) may include several entries (320). A first entry may be allocated to a first operation. The first entry includes a source status indication (330A, 330B) for each of the first operation's operands. Each source status indication (330A, 330B) indicates whether a value of a respective one of the first operation's operands is speculative. The scheduler (118) is configured to update one of the first entry's source status indications (330A, 330B) to indicate that a value of a respective one of the first operation's operands is non-speculative in response to receiving an indication that a value of a result of a second operation is non-speculative.