VLIW Dynamic Communication

A very long instruction word machine comprising:

• a plurality of processing elements;
• and
• an instruction controller to:
• dispatch, to the plurality of processing elements of the very long instruction word machine, an instruction that causes dynamic communication of data to at least one processing element of the very long instruction word machine;
• maintain a first count of data communications issued by the plurality of processing elements and a second count of data communications served by the plurality of processing elements;
• compare the first count and the second count;
• and
• determine at least one additional instruction to dispatch to the plurality of processing elements of the very long instruction word machine based on a comparison of the first count and the second count.

A method comprising:

• compiling a program to generate instructions for processing by a plurality of processing elements of a very long instruction word machine;
• and
• during the compiling, populating fields of the instructions, the populating comprising:
• populating a first field that directs a processing element to communicate a first type of signal to an instruction controller of the very long instruction word machine in connection with providing data to one or more other processing elements to process a respective instruction;
• and
• populating a second field that directs the processing element to communicate a second type of signal to the instruction controller in connection with receiving data from one or more of the other processing elements to process the respective instruction.