Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing – Dynamic instruction dependency checking – monitoring or... – Scoreboarding – reservation station – or aliasing
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-15
2006-08-15
Kim, Kenneth S. (Department: 2111)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing
Dynamic instruction dependency checking, monitoring or...
Scoreboarding, reservation station, or aliasing
C709S241000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07093106
ABSTRACT:
A single rename register array is used in an SMT processor. Two bits are added to each register address of the rename register array, one for bit for thread zero (CTB0) and one bit for thread one (CTB1). The CTB bits are all set to a logic value on power on or start-up. A control instruction (CI) that sets control bits used by other instructions is assigned a register in the rename register array having an address designated as pointer (PTR) address. When a control instruction with an assigned entry with PTR address M completes, then the CTB bit at the PTR address M is flipped to its opposite logic state; likewise, its Valid bit is set to a “not” Valid state. The self resetting CTB bit is used to determine whether an issued instruction sources a register in the rename register array or a corresponding architected register.
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Ambekar Asit S.
Nguyen Dung Q.
Yeung Raymond C.
Frankeny Richard F.
Kim Kenneth S.
Salys Charles K.
Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.
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