Invention Application
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for processing pipeline instructions
- Patent Title (中): 处理流水线指令的方法和装置
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Application No.: US10200790Application Date: 2002-07-22
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Publication No.: US20030182541A1Publication Date: 2003-09-25
- Inventor: Hidetaka Magoshi
- Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.
- Applicant Address: CA Foster City
- Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Foster City
- Main IPC: G06F009/00
- IPC: G06F009/00
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus in accordance with the present invention enable introducing a plurality of instructions into respective stages in a multistage processing pipeline; and prohibiting execution of only those one or more instructions already in the pipeline that should be skipped to effect a forward branch.
Public/Granted literature
- US06988187B2 Counting instructions to skip in superscaler processor Public/Granted day:2006-01-17
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