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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Teik-Chung Tan, Austin, TX (US);
Bradley Gene Burgess, Austin, TX (US);
Ravi Iyengar, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30098 (2013.01); G06F 9/30105 (2013.01); G06F 9/384 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for register packing prior to register renaming in a microprocessor are provided. The method includes: receiving a plurality of micro operations (micro-ops) decoded from one or more instructions; packing a plurality of registers which are included in the micro-ops into a packed register structure including a plurality of packed registers based on a preset number of rename ports of a renamer through which the packed registers are read or written for register renaming; and sending the packed registers for register renaming.