WO2007100487A3 - Distributive scoreboard scheduling in an out-of-order processor - Google Patents

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WO2007100487A3
WO2007100487A3 PCT/US2007/003752 US2007003752W WO2007100487A3 WO 2007100487 A3 WO2007100487 A3 WO 2007100487A3 US 2007003752 W US2007003752 W US 2007003752W WO 2007100487 A3 WO2007100487 A3 WO 2007100487A3
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A processor core and a method for distributive Scoreboard scheduling in an out-of-order processor pipeline. In an embodiment, control logic appends operand availability bits to each instruction. The appended operand availability bits form a distributive Scoreboard for each instruction. The appended operand availability bits are propagated together with the instruction through multiple stages of the processor pipeline. An instruction dispatch buffer stores the instruction and the operand availability bits. A dispatch controller determines when an instruction is to be issued. The determination is based, at least in part, on the operand availability bits stored in the instruction dispatch buffer.
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