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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Brian W. Thompto, Austin, TX (US);
Dung Q. Nguyen, Austin, TX (US);
Hung Q. Le, Austin, TX (US);
Sam Gat-Shang Chu, Round Rock, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and/or method for processing information is disclosed that has at least one processor; a register file associated with the processor, the register file sliced into a plurality of STF blocks having a plurality of STF entries, and in an embodiment, each STF block is further partitioned into a plurality of sub-blocks, each sub-block having a different portion of the plurality of STF entries; and a plurality of execution units configured to read data from and write data to the register file, where the plurality of execution units are arranged in one or more execution slices. In one or more embodiments, the system is configured so that each execution slice has a plurality of STF blocks, and alternatively or additionally, each of the plurality of execution units in a single execution slice is assigned to write to one, and preferably only one, of the plurality of STF blocks.