Method and apparatus for performing load operations in a compute

Details Method and apparatus for performing load operations in a compute Method and apparatus for performing load operations in a compute

1996-12-19

1997-12-02

Kriess, Kevin A.

G06F 1208

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ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for dispatching load operations in a computer system. The present invention includes a method and apparatus for determining when the load operation is ready for dispatched to memory. The load operation is then scheduled to dispatch from memory and then dispatched to memory. In the present invention, a load is determined ready when it is no longer blocked, such that there is no condition which produces a resource or address dependency causing the load to be blocked.

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Popescu, Val; Schultz, Merle; Spracklen, John; Gibson, Gary; Lightner, Bruce; Isaman, David, "The Metaflow Architecture", IEEE Micro, Jun. 1991, pp. nos. 10-13 and 63-73.

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