AU2002220225A1 - A high performance vliw processor - Google Patents

A high performance vliw processor

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AU2002220225A1
AU2002220225A1 AU2002220225A AU2022502A AU2002220225A1 AU 2002220225 A1 AU2002220225 A1 AU 2002220225A1 AU 2002220225 A AU2002220225 A AU 2002220225A AU 2022502 A AU2022502 A AU 2022502A AU 2002220225 A1 AU2002220225 A1 AU 2002220225A1
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high performance
vliw processor
performance vliw
processor
vliw
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Mohamed A. Moataz
John R. Spence
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Conexant Systems LLC
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    • G06F9/3836—Instruction issuing, e.g. dynamic instruction scheduling or out of order instruction execution
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    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/38—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline or look ahead
    • G06F9/3885—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline or look ahead using a plurality of independent parallel functional units
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    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/38—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline or look ahead
    • G06F9/3885—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline or look ahead using a plurality of independent parallel functional units
    • G06F9/3889—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline or look ahead using a plurality of independent parallel functional units controlled by multiple instructions, e.g. MIMD, decoupled access or execute
    • G06F9/3891—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline or look ahead using a plurality of independent parallel functional units controlled by multiple instructions, e.g. MIMD, decoupled access or execute organised in groups of units sharing resources, e.g. clusters

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US09730039 2000-12-05
US09/730,039 US7127588B2 (en) 2000-12-05 2000-12-05 Apparatus and method for an improved performance VLIW processor
PCT/US2001/046608 WO2002046918A1 (en) 2000-12-05 2001-12-03 A high performance vliw processor

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