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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1997
Harshvardhan Sharangpani, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael Paul Corwin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Dale Morris, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kent Fielden, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tse-Yu Yeh, Milpitas, CA (US);
Hans Mulder, San Francisco, CA (US);
James Hull, Cupertino, CA (US);
Idea Corporation, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for processing one or more branch instructions in an instruction bundle is provided. The instructions are ordered in an execution sequence within the bundle, with the branch instructions ordered last in the sequence. The bundled instructions are transferred to execution units indicated by a template field that is associated with the bundle. The first branch instruction in the bundle's execution sequence that is resolved taken is determined, and retirement of subsequent instructions in the execution sequence is suppressed.