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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph Anthony Petolino, Jr, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
712214 ;
Abstract
The present invention solves the problems associated with the prior art by decoupling the issuing of instructions from their dispatch into their respective pipeline. This permits the determination of whether a particular instruction can safely be issued from an instruction queue to the next stage of the pipeline by providing such information at a point early in the machine cycle.