DE60143757D1 - Verfahren und vorrichtung zur verwendung eines hilfsrechners zur befehlsvorausholung für einen hauptprozessor - Google Patents

Verfahren und vorrichtung zur verwendung eines hilfsrechners zur befehlsvorausholung für einen hauptprozessor

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DE60143757D1
DE60143757D1 DE60143757T DE60143757T DE60143757D1 DE 60143757 D1 DE60143757 D1 DE 60143757D1 DE 60143757 T DE60143757 T DE 60143757T DE 60143757 T DE60143757 T DE 60143757T DE 60143757 D1 DE60143757 D1 DE 60143757D1
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Shailender Chaudhry
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    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
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    • G06F9/3802—Instruction prefetching
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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
    • G06F9/3802—Instruction prefetching
    • G06F9/3808—Instruction prefetching for instruction reuse, e.g. trace cache, branch target cache
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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
    • G06F9/3877—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline or look ahead using a slave processor, e.g. coprocessor
    • G06F9/3879—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline or look ahead using a slave processor, e.g. coprocessor for non-native instruction execution, e.g. executing a command; for Java instruction set

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DE60143757T 2000-09-08 2001-08-30 Verfahren und vorrichtung zur verwendung eines hilfsrechners zur befehlsvorausholung für einen hauptprozessor Expired - Lifetime DE60143757D1 (de)

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