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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Mips Technologies, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ranganathan Sudhakar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
MIPS Technologies, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2006.01); G06F 7/57 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0875 (2013.01); G06F 7/57 (2013.01); G06F 9/383 (2013.01); G06F 9/3824 (2013.01); G06F 9/3832 (2013.01);
Abstract
A processor includes a computation engine to produce a computed value for a set of operands. A cache stores the set of operands and the computed value. The cache is configured to selectively identify a match and a miss for a new set of operands. In the event of a match the computed value is supplied by the cache and a computation engine operation is aborted. In the event of a miss a new computed value for the new set of operands is computed by the computation engine and is stored in the cache.