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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2003
S. Craig Nelson, San Jose, CA (US);
S. Craig Nelson, San Jose, CA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A decode unit is coupled to receive instruction bytes and to dispatch instructions to an execution subsystem. The decode unit comprises circuitry divided into a pipeline including a plurality of pipeline stages, wherein the circuitry is configured to concurrently initiate decode of a plurality of instructions and to dispatch at least an initial instruction of the plurality of instructions from a first pipeline stage of the plurality of pipeline stages. Furthermore, the circuitry is configured to dispatch at least one remaining instruction of the plurality of instructions from a second pipeline stage of the plurality of pipeline stages. The second pipeline stage is subsequent to the first pipeline stage in the pipeline.