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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2004
Applicants:
David H. Asher, Sutton, MA (US);
Richard E. Kessler, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Yen Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
David H. Asher, Sutton, MA (US);
Richard E. Kessler, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Yen Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cavium Networks, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for minimizing stalls in a pipelined processor is provided. Instructions in an out-of-order instruction scheduler are executed in order without stalling the pipeline by sending store data to external memory through an ordering queue.