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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gregory S. Mathews, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/216 ; G06F 9/312 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/216 ; G06F 9/312 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method to provide ordering when an advanced load address table is used for advanced loads. An advanced load address table (ALAT) is used to retain an entry associated with a location accessed by an advanced load instruction. The entry is utilized to determine if an intervening access to the location is performed by another instruction prior to the execution of a corresponding checking instruction. Ordering is maintained to ensure validity of the entry in the ALAT, when the advanced load instruction is boosted past an ordering setting boundary.