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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark J. Dechene, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Srikanth T. Srinivasan, Portland, OR (US);
Matthew C. Merten, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Tong Li, Portland, OR (US);
Christine E. Wang, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30145 (2013.01); G06F 9/30123 (2013.01); G06F 9/461 (2013.01);
Abstract
In response to detecting one or more conditions are met, a checkpoint of a current state of a thread may be created. One or more incomplete instructions may be moved from a first level of a re-order buffer to a second level of the re-order buffer. Each incomplete instruction may be currently executing or awaiting execution.