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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2007
Gaurav Singh, Los Altos, CA (US);
Srivatsan Srinivasan, San Jose, CA (US);
Ricardo Ramirez, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Wei-hsiang Chen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hai Ngoc Nguyen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Gaurav Singh, Los Altos, CA (US);
Srivatsan Srinivasan, San Jose, CA (US);
Ricardo Ramirez, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Wei-Hsiang Chen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hai Ngoc Nguyen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Netlogic Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for performing a register renaming operation utilizing hardware which operates in at least two modes. In operation, hardware is operated in at least two modes including a first mode for operating the hardware using a logical register of a first bit width and a second mode for operating the hardware using a logical register of a second bit width. The first bit width is twice a width of the second bit width. Additionally, a register renaming operation is performed, including renaming at least one logical register to at least one physical register of the first bit width, utilizing the hardware.