Apparatus and method for superforwarding load operands in a microprocessor

Apparatus and method for superforwarding load operands in a microprocessor

1. Field of the Invention An apparatus and method for superforwarding load operands in a microprocessor are provided. An execution unit in a microprocessor is configured to receive a load instruction and a subsequent instruction. If the load instruction corresponds to a simple load instruction, a de...

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description 1. Field of the Invention An apparatus and method for superforwarding load operands in a microprocessor are provided. An execution unit in a microprocessor is configured to receive a load instruction and a subsequent instruction. If the load instruction corresponds to a simple load instruction, a destination operand of the load instruction can be superforwarded to a subsequent instruction if the subsequent instruction specifies a source operand that depends on the destination operand of the load instruction. The subsequent instruction is not required to wait until a load instruction executes or completes and can be scheduled and/or executed prior to or at the same time as the load instruction. Consequently, latencies associated with operand dependencies may be reduced.
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