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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Subramaniam Maiyuran, Gold River, CA (US);
Darin M. Starkey, Roseville, CA (US);
Thomas A. Piazza, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G06F 9/40 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 9/45 (2006.01); G06F 9/32 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/3887 (2013.01); G06F 9/30058 (2013.01); G06F 8/443 (2013.01); G06F 8/452 (2013.01); G06F 9/30061 (2013.01); G06F 9/30065 (2013.01); G06F 9/30134 (2013.01); G06F 9/30163 (2013.01); G06F 9/325 (2013.01); G06F 9/3842 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for a SIMD structured branching. For example, one embodiment of a processor comprises: an execution unit having a plurality of channels to execute instructions; and a branch unit to process control flow instructions and to maintain a per channel count for each channel and a control instruction count for the control flow instructions, the branch unit to enable and disable the channels based at least on the per channel count.