Execution unit sharing between processing cores in a cluster of a system-on-chip (SoC)

    公开(公告)号:US12282447B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-22

    申请号:US18473119

    申请日:2023-09-22

    Abstract: A method of execution unit (EU) sharing between processor cores is described. The method includes encountering a structural hazard associated with an issued instruction in an instruction queue of a dispatch stage inside an active processor core. The method also includes issuing a request for an idle execution unit of an inactive processor core. The method further includes sending a transaction containing source operands of the issued instruction, and a word address of a result buffer as a destination operand to an allocated EU of the inactive processor core. The method also includes replacing the issued instruction in the instruction queue with a load operation to forward a result of the issued instruction from the result buffer based on the word address.

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