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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2003
Rabin A. Sugumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sorin Iacobovici, San Jose, CA (US);
Chandra M. R. Thimmannagari, Fremont, CA (US);
Rabin A. Sugumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sorin Iacobovici, San Jose, CA (US);
Chandra M. R. Thimmannagari, Fremont, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus to determine readiness of a complex instruction for retirement includes decoding a complex instruction into a plurality of helper instructions; executing the plurality of helper instructions using an execution unit; indicating the plurality of helper instructions that are alive using a live instruction register; and maintaining a complex instruction identification for the complex instruction using a complex instruction identification register.