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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2000
Thomas Y. Yeh, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hong Wang, Fremont, CA (US);
Ralph Kling, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yong-fong Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas Y. Yeh, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hong Wang, Fremont, CA (US);
Ralph Kling, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yong-Fong Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for improving system performance using redundant arithmetic are disclosed. In one embodiment, one or more dependency chains are formed. A dependency chain may comprise of two or more instructions. A first instruction may generate a result in a redundant form. A second instruction may accept the result from the first instruction as a first input operand. The instructions in the dependency chain may execute separately from instructions not in the dependency chain.