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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2002
Applicants:
Chandra Thimmanagari, Fremont, CA (US);
Sorin Iacobovici, San Jose, CA (US);
Rabin Sugumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert Nuckolls, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Chandra Thimmanagari, Fremont, CA (US);
Sorin Iacobovici, San Jose, CA (US);
Rabin Sugumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert Nuckolls, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A register window fill technique for a retirement window having an entry size less than a number of fill instructions used in a fill condition is provided. The technique uses modified fill instructions that allow the retirement window to retire a portion of the fill instructions without having to determine whether a remaining portion of the fill instructions will execute without exceptions.