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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vijaykumar Balaram Kadgi, Portland, OR (US);
James D. Hadley, Portland, OR (US);
Avinash Sodani, Portland, OR (US);
Matthew C. Merten, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Morris Marden, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Joseph A. McMahon, Portland, OR (US);
Grace C. Lee, Portland, OR (US);
Laura A. Knauth, Portland, OR (US);
Robert S. Chappell, Portland, OR (US);
Fariborz Tabesh, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A processor includes a processing unit including a storage module having stored thereon a physical reference list for storing identifications of physical registers that have been referenced by multiple logical registers, and a reclamation module for reclaiming physical registers to a free list based on a count of each of the physical registers on the physical reference list.