| 摘要 |
A system and method reorder instructions for effecting faster branch execution. A processor element is coupled to receive stored instructions in a first order, and to process the received instructions in a different order, the processing occurring after each stored instruction of a first type is issued, and after a delay time, after each stored instruction of a second type is issued. The delay time is based on a delay value associated with the second type of instructions. In particular, the instructions include branch and non-branch instruction wherein firing time information identifies a time of execution of the branch instruction which is a variable number of instructions cycles prior to a time of execution of a last to be executed instruction in a basic block. Accordingly, branch instructions can be completely executed no later than during the processing of the last to be executed non-branch instruction in the basic block thereby speeding up overall processing of the software program by the system. |
