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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
May. 06, 2022
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Timothy Anderson, University Park, TX (US);
Duc Quang Bui, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Joseph Zbiciak, San Jose, CA (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A technique for method for executing instructions in a processor includes receiving a first instruction, receiving a second instruction, identifying a functional unit specified by an opcode contained in an opcode field of the first instruction, selecting a field of the second instruction that contains predicate information based on the identified functional unit, and executing the first instruction in a conditional manner using the identified functional unit and the predicate information contained in the selected field of the second instruction.