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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2003
Applicants:
Mitchell Alsup, Austin, TX (US);
Gregory W. Smaus, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Mitchell Alsup, Austin, TX (US);
Gregory W. Smaus, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
GlobalFoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Various embodiments of methods and systems for implementing a set of microcode operations corresponding to a microcoded instruction as a microcode subroutine are disclosed. In one embodiment, a microprocessor includes a dispatch unit configured to dispatch operations and a scheduler coupled to the dispatch unit and configured to schedule dispatched operations for execution. In response to receiving a microcoded instruction, the dispatch unit is configured to dispatch a microcode subroutine call operation that specifies a tag identifying a microcode subroutine.