Operation of a multi-slice processor implementing dependency accumulation instruction sequencing

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10318294
APP PUB NO 20170364358A1
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15186744

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Operation of a multi-slice processor that includes a plurality of execution slices. Operation of such a multi-slice processor includes: receiving a first instruction indicating a first target register; receiving a second instruction indicating the first target register as a source operand; responsive to the second instruction indicating the first target register as a source operand, updating a dependent count corresponding to the first instruction; and issuing, in dependence upon the dependent count for the first instruction being greater than a dependent count for another instruction, the first instruction to an execution slice of the plurality of execution slices.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Adeeb, Khandker N Austin, US 5 9
Bowman, Joshua W Austin, US 31 67
Brownscheidle, Jeffrey C Seattle, US 20 64
Goddard, Brandon R Friendswood, US 5 10
Nguyen, Dung Q Austin, US 212 1088
Nguyen, Tu-An T Austin, US 19 20
Victor, Brian D Austin, US 4 8
Wong, Brendan M Beaumont, US 8 8

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