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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2007
Richard Win Thaik, San Jose, CA (US);
John Gregory Favor, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Joseph Byron Rowlands, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Leonard Eric Shar, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Richard Win Thaik, San Jose, CA (US);
John Gregory Favor, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Joseph Byron Rowlands, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Leonard Eric Shar, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Oracle America, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
An instruction processing circuit for a processor includes a decoder circuit, a cache circuit, a sequencer circuit operable to select a next sequence of operations, and an operations fetch circuit operable to convey the next sequence of operations to an execution circuit, receive an indication that a sequencing action of the sequencer circuit is sequencing ahead of the execution circuit, and switch, based on the indication, a source of the operations fetch circuit between the cache circuit and the decoder circuit.