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Date of Patent
March 27, 2007
Patent Application Number
10733014
Date Filed
December 10, 2003
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Patent abstract
A method and apparatus for utilizing multiple microcode flow synonyms or hardware flow synonyms for an instruction is disclosed. In one embodiment, a microcode synonym is created for execution on two or more execution units of differing types. One microcode synonym may be chosen for execution depending upon the availability status of the execution units. In another embodiment, several microcode synonyms may be chosen for execution. The results of the first microcode synonym to complete execution may be retired. If the results of execution of two microcode synonyms do not match, a fault exception may be raised.
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