Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for activating and shutting down individual enhanced pipeline stages based on stage priority and performance requirements
- Patent Title (中): 基于阶段优先级和性能要求激活和关闭各个增强流水线阶段的装置和方法
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Application No.: US12357910Application Date: 2009-01-22
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Publication No.: US09563259B2Publication Date: 2017-02-07
- Inventor: Wen Bo Shen , Peng Shao , Yu Li , Xiao Tao Chang , Yi Ge , Huayong Wang , Huan Hao Zou
- Applicant: Wen Bo Shen , Peng Shao , Yu Li , Xiao Tao Chang , Yi Ge , Huayong Wang , Huan Hao Zou
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Suiter Swantz pc llo
- Priority: CN200810003557 20080125
- Main IPC: G06F1/32
- IPC: G06F1/32 ; G06F9/30 ; G06F11/30 ; G06F9/38 ; G06F9/48
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a pipeline-based central processing unit, wherein the pipeline is partitioned into base pipeline stages and enhanced pipeline stages according to functions, the base pipeline stages being activated all the while, and the enhanced pipeline stages being activated or shutdown according to requirements for performance of a workload. The present invention further discloses a pipeline-based central processing unit, wherein the pipeline is partitioned into base pipeline stages and enhanced pipeline stages according to functions, each pipeline stage being partitioned into a base module and at least one enhanced module, the base module being activated all the while, and the enhanced module being activated or shutdown according to requirements for performance of a workload.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090193424A1 METHOD OF PROCESSING INSTRUCTIONS IN PIPELINE-BASED PROCESSOR AND CORRESPONDING PROCESSOR Public/Granted day:2009-07-30
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