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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2003
Applicants:
Ryuichi Sunayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Aiichiro Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Ryuichi Sunayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Aiichiro Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/38 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An instruction control method carries out an instruction in a processor to process instructions by out-of-order processing, using delay instructions for branching. The processor includes a storage unit, a branch predictor making branch predictions and a control unit which successively stores a plurality of delay instructions in the storage unit together with information indicating whether or not branch instructions corresponding to the delay instructions are predicted to branch by the branch predictor.