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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Maarten J. Boersma, Holzgerlingen, DE;
Robert A. Cordes, Austin, TX (US);
David A. Hrusecky, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Jennifer L. Molnar, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Brian W. Thompto, Austin, TX (US);
Albert J. Van Norstrand, Jr., Round Rock, TX (US);
Kenneth L. Ward, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An instruction sequencing unit in an out-of-order (OOO) processor includes a Most Favored Instruction (MFI) mechanism that designates an instruction as an MFI. The processing queues in the processor identify when they contain the MFI, and assures processing the MFI. The MFI remains the MFI until it is completed or is flushed, and which time the MFI mechanism selects the next MFI.