OPERATION OF A MULTI-SLICE PROCESSOR WITH DYNAMIC CANCELING OF PARTIAL LOADS

Operation of a multi-slice processor that includes a plurality of execution slices and a plurality of load/store slices, where the multi-slice processor is configured to dynamically cancel partial load operations by, among other steps, receiving a load instruction requesting multiple portions of dat...

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Main Authors MOLNAR JENNIFER L, MCGLONE ELIZABETH A
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 28.09.2017
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:Operation of a multi-slice processor that includes a plurality of execution slices and a plurality of load/store slices, where the multi-slice processor is configured to dynamically cancel partial load operations by, among other steps, receiving a load instruction requesting multiple portions of data; receiving a load instruction requesting multiple portions of data; determining that a load of one portion of the requested multiple portions is unavailable to be issued; and responsive to determining that the load of the one portion of the requested multiple portions is unavailable to be issued, delaying issuance of the load instruction.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201615079452