METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SINGLE CYCLE DISPATCH OF MULTIPLE INSTRUCTION IN A SUPERSCALAR PROCESSOR SYSTEM

摘要

A method and system for permitting single cycle instruction dispatch in a superscalar processor system which dispatches multiple instructions simultaneously to a group of execution units (24) for execution and placement of results thereof within specified general purpose registers (44, 46). Each instruction generally includes at least one source operand and one destination operand. A plurality of intermediate storage buffers (40, 42) are provided and each time an instruction is dispatched to an available execution unit (24), a particular one of the intermediate storage buffers (40, 42) is assigned to any destination operand within the dispatched instruction, permitting the instruction to be dispatched within a single cycle by eliminating any requirement for determining and selecting the specified general purpose register (44, 46) or a designated alternate general purpose register.