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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2012
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Richard W. Doing, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ronald Hall, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Kevin N. Magill, Durham, NC (US);
James O. Tingen, Raleigh, NC (US);
Todd A. Venton, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/3017 (2013.01); G06F 9/30145 (2013.01); G06F 9/30181 (2013.01); G06F 9/30185 (2013.01); G06F 9/328 (2013.01); G06F 9/382 (2013.01); G06F 11/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a method and system for replacing an instruction with another instruction. A match register stores an opcode that identifies an instruction to be replaced. A swap register stores an instruction that replaces the identified instruction. A multiplexer chooses the instruction stored in the swap register over the identified instruction if predecode bits of the identified instruction are set.