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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2010
Bechara F. Boury, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael Bryan Mitchell, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Paul Michael Steinmetz, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Kenichi Tsuchiya, Cary, NC (US);
Bechara F. Boury, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael Bryan Mitchell, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Paul Michael Steinmetz, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Kenichi Tsuchiya, Cary, NC (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computing device includes: an instruction cache storing primary execution unit instructions and auxiliary execution unit instructions in a sequential order; a primary execution unit configured to receive and execute the primary execution unit instructions from the instruction cache; an auxiliary execution unit configured to receive and execute only the auxiliary execution unit instructions from the instruction cache in a manner independent from and asynchronous to the primary execution unit; and completion circuitry configured to coordinate completion of the primary execution unit instructions by the primary execution unit and the auxiliary execution unit instructions according to the sequential order.