Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for source operand collector caching
- Patent Title (中): 源操作数采集器缓存的方法和装置
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Application No.: US13326183Application Date: 2011-12-14
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Publication No.: US08639882B2Publication Date: 2014-01-28
- Inventor: Jack Hilaire Choquette , Manuel Olivier Gautho , John Erik Lindholm
- Applicant: Jack Hilaire Choquette , Manuel Olivier Gautho , John Erik Lindholm
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
- Current Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Patterson + Sheridan, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for source operand collector caching. In one embodiment, a processor includes a register file that may be coupled to storage elements (i.e., an operand collector) that provide inputs to the datapath of the processor core for executing an instruction. In order to reduce bandwidth between the register file and the operand collector, operands may be cached and reused in subsequent instructions. A scheduling unit maintains a cache table for monitoring which register values are currently stored in the operand collector. The scheduling unit may also configure the operand collector to select the particular storage elements that are coupled to the inputs to the datapath for a given instruction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130159628A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SOURCE OPERAND COLLECTOR CACHING Public/Granted day:2013-06-20
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