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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Applicants:
Sebastien Hily, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Zhongying Zhang, Portland, OR (US);
Per Hammarlund, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Inventors:
Sebastien Hily, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Zhongying Zhang, Portland, OR (US);
Per Hammarlund, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for resolving false dependencies associated with speculatively executing load instructions in a processor core are described. In one embodiment, physical addresses of a load operation and a store operation are compared in response to a determination that the load operation may be potentially dependent on the store operation. Other embodiments are also described.