Apparatus and method for selecting instructions for execution based on bank prediction of a multi-bank cache

A computer system, comprising:

• a memory;
• at least one processor, said processor communicating with said memory over at least one communications path, said processor including instruction logic for selecting and decoding instructions for execution, and execution logic for executing instructions
• a first cache coupled to said processor and temporarily storing data from said memory, said first cache comprising a plurality of banks, each bank containing at least one respective access port for accessing data in the bank;
• and
• wherein a respective bank predict value is associated with each of at least some instructions accessing said first cache, each said bank predict value predicting a bank of said first cache to be accessed by its associated instruction;
• and
• wherein said instruction logic selects multiple instructions for concurrent execution, said instruction logic using said bank predict values of said instructions to select multiple instructions which access said first cache for concurrent execution.