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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2008
Lucian Codrescu, Austin, TX (US);
Robert Allan Lester, Round Rock, TX (US);
Charles Joseph Tabony, Austin, TX (US);
Erich James Plondke, Austin, TX (US);
Mao Zeng, Austin, TX (US);
Suresh Venkumahanti, Austin, TX (US);
Ajay Anant Ingle, Austin, TX (US);
Lucian Codrescu, Austin, TX (US);
Robert Allan Lester, Round Rock, TX (US);
Charles Joseph Tabony, Austin, TX (US);
Erich James Plondke, Austin, TX (US);
Mao Zeng, Austin, TX (US);
Suresh Venkumahanti, Austin, TX (US);
Ajay Anant Ingle, Austin, TX (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
In a particular embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes receiving an instruction packet including a first instruction and a second instruction that is dependent on the first instruction at a processor having a plurality of parallel execution pipelines, including a first execution pipeline and a second execution pipeline. The method further includes executing in parallel at least a portion of the first instruction and at least a portion of the second instruction. The method also includes selectively committing a second result of executing the at least a portion of the second instruction with the second execution pipeline based on a first result related to execution of the first instruction with the first execution pipeline.