Method and apparatus for transporting store requests between functional units within a processor

Abstract

A method and apparatus for transporting store requests between functional units within a processor is disclosed. A data processing system includes a data dispatching unit, a data receiving unit, a segmented data pipeline coupled between the data dispatching unit and the data receiving unit, and a segmented feedback line coupled between the data dispatching unit and the data receiving unit. Having multiple latches interconnected between segments, the segmented data pipeline systolically transfers data from the data dispatching unit to the data receiving unit. The segmented feedback line has multiple control latches interconnected between segments. Each of the control latches sends a control signal to a respective one of the latches in the segmented instruction pipeline to forward data to a next segment within the segmented data pipeline.

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