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Patent No.:

US 9720691 B1

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Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2015
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventor:

Lee Howes, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2006.01); G06F 15/80 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30036 (2013.01); G06F 8/4432 (2013.01); G06F 9/30145 (2013.01); G06F 9/3867 (2013.01); G06F 9/45525 (2013.01); G06F 15/8007 (2013.01); G06F 15/8053 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an example, a method for speculative scalarization may include receiving, by a first processor, vector code. The method may include determining, during compilation of the vector code, whether at least one instruction of the plurality of instructions is a speculatively uniform instruction. The method may include generating, during complication of the vector code, uniformity detection code for the at least one speculatively uniform instruction. The uniformity detection code, when executed, may be configured to determine whether the at least one speculatively uniform instruction is uniform during runtime. The method may include generating, during complication of the vector code, scalar code by scalarizing the at least one speculatively uniform instruction. The scalar code may be configured to be compiled for execution by the first processor, a scalar processor, a scalar processing unit of the vector processor, or a vector pipeline of the vector processor.


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