Boots – shoes – and leggings
Patent
1989-02-03
1991-11-19
Lee, Thomas C.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
3642624, 3642628, 3642629, 364263, 3642631, 3642632, 364DIG2, G06F 922, G06F 928, G06F 930, G06F 938
Patent
active
050670697
ABSTRACT:
To increase the performance of a pipelined processor executing various classes of instructions, the classes of instructions are executed by respective functional units which are independently controlled and operated in parallel. The classes of instructions include integer instructions, floating point instructions, multiply instructions, and divide instructions. The integer unit, which also performs shift operations, is controlled by the microcode execution unit to handle the wide variety of integer and shift operations included in a complex, variable-length instruction set. The other functional units need only accept a control command to initiate the operation to be performed by the functional unit. The retiring of the results of the instructions need not be controlled by the microcode execution unit, but instead is delegated to a separate retire unit that services a result queue. When the microcode execution unit determines that a new operation is required, an entry is inserted into the result queue. The entry includes all the information needed by the retire unit to retire the result once the result is available from the respective functional unit. The retire unit services the result queue by reading a tag in the entry at the head of the queue to determine the functional unit that is to provide the result. Once the result is available and the destination specified by the entry is also available, the result is retired in accordance with the entry, and the entry is removed from the queue.
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Fite Elaine H.
Fossum Tryggve
Grundmann William R.
McKeen Francis X.
Salett Ronald M.
Digital Equipment Corporation
Lee Thomas C.
Pan Daniel
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