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Patent No.:

US 9304777 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2013
Applicant:

Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;

Inventors:

Kim Schuttenberg, Gilbert, AZ (US);

Sridharan Balasubramanian, Chandler, AZ (US);

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

Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system comprising a queue configured to store a plurality of instructions, wherein the queue comprises a plurality of entries, wherein each entry of the plurality of entries of the queue is associated with a corresponding identification comprising a corresponding wrap bit and corresponding position bits; and a processing unit configured to receive (i) a first identification associated with a first entry storing a first instruction, and (ii) a second identification associated with a second entry storing a second instruction, compare (i) a first wrap bit of the first identification and (ii) a second wrap bit of the second identification, and determine a relative age of the first instruction with respect to the second instruction.


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Schuttenberg, Kim. (2016). Method and apparatus for determining relative ages of entries in a queue (U.S. Patent No. 9304777). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9304777

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