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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2019
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Christian Wiencke, Garching, DE;
Shrey Bhatia, Freising, DE;
Texas Instmments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method system and method for increasing performance in a processor or other instruction execution device while minimizing energy consumption. A processor includes a first execution pipeline and a second execution pipeline. The first execution pipeline includes a first decode unit and a first execution control unit coupled to the first decode unit. The first execution control unit is configured to control execution of all instructions executable by the processor. The second execution pipeline includes a second decode unit, and a second execution control unit coupled to the second decode unit. The second execution control unit is configured to control execution of a subset of the instructions executable via the first execution control unit.