Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for dynamically replacing legacy instructions with a single executable instruction utilizing a wide datapath
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Application No.: US14546616Application Date: 2014-11-18
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Publication No.: US10095524B2Publication Date: 2018-10-09
- Inventor: Michael Gschwind , Balaram Sinharoy
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.
- Agent Jennifer Davis
- Main IPC: G06F9/30
- IPC: G06F9/30 ; G06F9/38
Abstract:
A processing system and method includes a predecoder configured to identify instructions that are combinable to form a single, executable internal instruction. Instruction storage is configured to merge instructions that are combinable. An instruction execution unit is configured to execute the single, executable internal instruction on a hardware wide datapath.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150082009A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DYNAMIC CREATION OF INSTRUCTIONS UTILIZING A WIDE DATAPATH Public/Granted day:2015-03-19
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