System and method for load fusion

A processor for fusing load micro-operations, comprising:

• a dispatch logic configured to dispatch micro-operations;
• and
• a load fusion detection logic connected to the dispatch logic, the load fusion detection logic configured to:
• determine whether adjacent micro-operations are consecutive load micro-operations, wherein the adjacent micro-operations refers to micro-operations flowing through adjacent dispatch slots and the consecutive load micro-operations refers to both of the adjacent micro-operations being load micro-operations;
• determine whether the consecutive load micro-operations have a same data size;
• determine whether the consecutive load micro-operations are accessing consecutive addresses;
• and
• fuse the consecutive load micro-operations into a load micro-operation with twice the data size and a load data only micro-operation.