Conditional link pointer register sets marking the beginning...

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2007-07-31

2007-07-31

Sparks, Donald (Department: 2181)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing

Processing control

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C712S226000, C712S201000, C712S027000

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09993114

ABSTRACT:
For use in a wide-issue processor, a mechanism for, and method of, conditionally executing instructions and a digital signal processor (DSP) incorporating the mechanism or the method. In one embodiment, the mechanism includes: (1) a conditional execution block state machine that tags and generates link pointers for instructions located in a conditional execution block and (2) conditional link pointer registers, associated with stages in a pipeline of the processor, that contain and cause the link pointers to move therethrough as the instructions located in the conditional execution block move through the stages.

REFERENCES:
patent: 6115808 (2000-09-01), Arora
patent: 6421774 (2002-07-01), Henry et al.
patent: 6988190 (2006-01-01), Park

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