Processing core with operation suppression based on contribution estimate

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• generating a degree of relevance for a component computation using an operand for the component computation, wherein the component computation is part of a composite computation;
• and
• suppressing, based on the degree of relevance and during execution of a partial execution of the composite computation, the component computation;
• wherein the suppressing is performed by a suppression logic block and comprises dropping the component computation from the composite computation by selectively providing operands from a set of operands to a math unit.

A processing core comprising:

• a register file providing a set of operands for a composite computation, wherein the composite computation includes a component computation;
• a set of math units;
• and
• a suppression logic block programmed to:
• generate a degree of relevance for the component computation using an operand for the component computation from the set of operands;
• and
• suppress, based on the degree of relevance and during a partial execution of the composite computation, the component computation;
• wherein the suppression logic block is programmed to suppress the component computation by selectively providing operands from the set of operands from the register file to the set of math units.