Boosting control method and processor apparatus having boosting

Details Boosting control method and processor apparatus having boosting Boosting control method and processor apparatus having boosting

1995-07-24

1999-02-23

Lall, Parshotam S.

39580023, 395569, G06F 938

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058753176

ABSTRACT:
A boosting control method and control apparatus boosts an execution timing of an instruction to be executed as the result of the execution of a branch instruction without a need to wait for the execution of the branch instruction. A boosting control instruction that represents the position of a boosted instruction is placed in an instruction sequence including the boosted instruction. When the instruction sequence including the boosting control instruction is executed, the execution state of a boosted instruction that is represented by the boosting control instruction placed before the branch instruction corresponding to the execution result in the instruction sequence and that is executed before the branch instruction is controlled.

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