US 5,724,565 A · Method and system for processing first and second sets of instructions by first and second types of processing systems

Abstract

A method and system are provided for processing instruction threads. Execution is initiated by a processing system of a first set of instructions including a particular instruction. The particular instruction includes an indication of a second set of instructions. In response to execution of the particular instruction and to the processing system being of a first type, the processing system continues executing the first set while initiating execution of the second set. In response to execution of the particular instruction and to the processing system being of a second type, the processing system continues executing the first set without initiating execution of the second set.

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Dependent claims

A method of processing instruction threads, comprising the steps of:

initiating execution by a processing system of a first set of instructions including a particular instruction, said particular instruction including an indication of a second set of instructions;
in response to execution of said particular instruction and to said processing system being of a first type, continuing execution by said processing system of said first set while initiating execution of said second set;
and
in response to execution of said particular instruction and to said processing system being of a second type, continuing execution by said processing system of said first set without initiating execution of said second set.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

08/383,282Filed 3 Feb 1995

Granted

3 Mar 1998

Term ends

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Classification7 codes

G06F 9/3804
Instruction prefetching: for branches, e.g. hedging, branch folding
G06F 9/3836
Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline or look ahead: instruction issuing, e.g. dynamic instruction scheduling or out of order…
G06F 9/3842
Instruction issuing, e.g. dynamic instruction scheduling or out of order instruction execution: speculative instruction execution
G06F 9/3851
Instruction issuing, e.g. dynamic instruction scheduling or out of order instruction execution: from multiple instruction streams, e.g. multistreaming

Method and system for processing first and second sets of instructions by first and second types of processing systems

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Method and system for processing first and second sets of instructions by first and second types of processing systems

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Abstract

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