System and method for virtual load queue

A processor for processing micro-operations, comprising:

• an address generation scheduler queue;
• a micro-operation queue configured to allocate an entry only in the address generation scheduler queue at dispatch for load micro-operations;
• and
• the address generation scheduler queue configured:
• to deallocate the entry if the load micro-operation is one of N oldest load micro-operations in a load queue, where N is a depth of the load queue;
• and
• to deallocate the entry if a status of the load micro-operation is good or completed with respect to execution of the load micro-operation.

A method for processing micro-operations, the method comprising:

• allocating, at dispatch time for load micro-operations, an address generation scheduler queue entry and suppressing a load queue entry;
• deallocating, at address generation time, the address generation scheduler queue entry if the load micro-operation is one of N oldest load micro-operations in a load queue, where N is a depth of the load queue;
• and
• deallocating the address generation scheduler queue entry if a load micro-operation status is good or completed.