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Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 15, 2012
Applicants:

Thang M. Tran, Austin, TX (US);

Trinh Huy Nguyen, Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Thang M. Tran, Austin, TX (US);

Trinh Huy Nguyen, Round Rock, TX (US);

Assignee:

FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC, Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/38 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/3855 (2013.01); G06F 9/30094 (2013.01); G06F 9/3836 (2013.01); G06F 9/3838 (2013.01); G06F 9/3851 (2013.01);
Abstract

A data processing system comprises a processor unit that includes an instruction decode/issue unit including a re-order buffer having entries that include an execution queue tag that indicates an execution queue location of an instruction to which a re-order buffer entry is assigned, a result valid indicator to indicate that a corresponding instruction has executed with a status bit valid result, and a forward indicator to indicate that the status bit can be forwarded to an execution queue of an instruction pointed to that is waiting to receive the status bit.


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