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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2002
Tse-yu Yeh, Milpitas, CA (US);
David A. Kruckemyer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert Rogenmoser, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tse-Yu Yeh, Milpitas, CA (US);
David A. Kruckemyer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert Rogenmoser, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A processor is described which includes a first pipeline, a second pipeline, and a control circuit. The first pipeline includes a first stage at which instruction results are committed to architected state. The first stage is separated from an issue stage of the first pipeline by a first number of stages. The second pipeline includes a second stage at which an exception is reportable, wherein the second stage is separated from the issue stage of the second pipeline by a second number of stages which is greater than the first number. The control circuit is configured to inhibit co-issuance of a first instruction to the first pipeline and a second instruction to the second pipeline if the first instruction is subsequent to the second instruction in program order.