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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2003
Osvaldo Colavin, San Diego, CA (US);
Vineet Soni, San Diego, CA (US);
Davide Rizzo, San Diego, CA (US);
Osvaldo Colavin, San Diego, CA (US);
Vineet Soni, San Diego, CA (US);
Davide Rizzo, San Diego, CA (US);
STMicroelectronics, Inc., Carrollton, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for supporting software pipelining using a shifting register queue is provided. The system includes a register file that comprises a plurality of registers. The register file is operable to receive a shift mask signal and a shift signal and to identify a shifting register queue within the register file based on the shift mask signal. The shifting register queue comprises a plurality of queue registers. The register file is further operable to shift the contents of the queue registers based on the shift signal.