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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2016
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jonathan D. Combs, Austin, TX (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A processor includes a back end to execute decoded instructions and a front end. The front end includes two decode clusters and circuitry to receive data elements representing undecoded instructions, in program order, and to direct subsets of the data elements to the decode clusters. An IP generator directs one subset of data elements to the first cluster, detects a condition indicating that a load balancing action should be taken, and directs a subset of data elements immediately following the first subset in program order to the first or second decode cluster dependent on the action taken. The action may include annotating a BTB entry, inserting a fake branch in the BTB, forcing a cluster switch, or suppressing a cluster switch. The detected condition may be a predicated taken branch or an annotation thereof, or a heuristic based on a queue state, a count of uops, or a latency value.