公开(公告)号：US09733939B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-15

申请号：US13631664

申请日：2012-09-28

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Vijaykumar Balaram Kadgi ,  James D. Hadley ,  Avinash Sodani ,  Matthew C. Merten ,  Morris Marden ,  Joseph A. McMahon ,  Grace C. Lee ,  Laura A. Knauth ,  Robert S. Chappell ,  Fariborz Tabesh

IPC: G06F9/38 ,  G06F9/30

CPC classification number: G06F9/30105 ,  G06F9/384

Abstract: A processor includes a processing unit including a storage module having stored thereon a physical reference list for storing identifications of physical registers that have been referenced by multiple logical registers, and a reclamation module for reclaiming physical registers to a free list based on a count of each of the physical registers on the physical reference list.