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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
May. 19, 2016
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Bambang Sutanto, Portland, OR (US);
Srikanth T. Srinivasan, Portland, OR (US);
Matthew C. Merten, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Chia Yin Kevin Lai, Portland, OR (US);
Ammon J Christiansen, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Justin M. Deinlein, Portland, OR (US);
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A processor and method are described for scheduling operations for execution within a reservation station. For example, a method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes the operations of: classifying a plurality of operations based on the execution ports usable to execute those operations; allocating the plurality of operations into groups within a reservation station based on the classification, wherein each group is serviced by one or more execution ports corresponding to the classification, and wherein two or more entries within a group share a common read port and a common write port; dynamically scheduling two or more operations in a group for concurrent execution based on the ports capable of executing those operations and a relative age of the operations.