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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2012
Matthew C. Merten, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Justin M. Deinlein, Portand, OR (US);
Yury N. Ilin, Beaverton, OR (US);
Alexandre J. Farcy, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Tong LI, Portland, OR (US);
Srikanth T. Srinivasan, Portland, OR (US);
Matthew C. Merten, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Justin M. Deinlein, Portand, OR (US);
Yury N. Ilin, Beaverton, OR (US);
Alexandre J. Farcy, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Tong Li, Portland, OR (US);
Srikanth T. Srinivasan, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An enhanced loop streaming detection mechanism is provided in a processor to reduce power consumption. The processor includes a decoder to decode instructions in a loop into micro-operations, and a loop streaming detector to detect the presence of the loop in the micro-operations. The processor also includes a loop characteristic tracker unit to identify hardware components downstream from the decoder that are not to be used by the micro-operations in the loop, and to disable the identified hardware components. The processor also includes execution circuitry to execute the micro-operations in the loop with the identified hardware components disabled.