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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2006
Karagada Ramarao Kishore, Saratoga, CA (US);
Xing Yu Jiang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Vidya Rajagopalan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Maria Ukanwa, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Karagada Ramarao Kishore, Saratoga, CA (US);
Xing Yu Jiang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Vidya Rajagopalan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Maria Ukanwa, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
MIPS Technologies, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A conditional move instruction implemented in a processor by forming and processing two decoded instructions, and applications thereof. In an embodiment, the conditional move instruction specifies a first source operand, a second source operand, and a third operand that is both a source and a destination. If the value of the second operand is not equal to a specified value, the first decoded instruction moves the third operand to a completion buffer register. If the value of the second operand is equal to the specified value, the second decoded instruction moves the value of the first operand to the completion buffer. When the decoded instruction that performed the move graduates, the contents of the completion buffer register is transferred to a register file register specified by the third operand.