Processing bypass register file system and method

A processing bypass register file system and method are disclosed. In one embodiment a processing bypass register file includes a rotating head pointer, and a plurality of write ports, storage cells and read ports. The write ports receive processing result information. The head pointer identifies wh...

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Hauptverfasser: Gupta, Parag, Klaiber, Alexander, Van Zoeren, James
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A processing bypass register file system and method are disclosed. In one embodiment a processing bypass register file includes a rotating head pointer, and a plurality of write ports, storage cells and read ports. The write ports receive processing result information. The head pointer identifies which entries are written by the write ports. The plurality of cells store the processing result information. The read ports forward results to the processing data path, and to an architectural register file for retirement.