Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.
Methods and apparatuses for efficient load processing using buffers
Various embodiments of the invention concern methods and apparatuses for power and time efficient load handling. A compiler may identify producer loads, consumer reuse loads, consumer forwarded loads, and producer/consumer hybrid loads. Based on this identification, performance of the load may be efficiently directed to a load value buffer, store buffer, data cache, or elsewhere. Consequently, accesses to cache are reduced, through direct loading from load value buffers and store buffers, thereby efficiently processing the loads.
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Herbert H. Youfeng Christopher B. Wei
Hum Wu Wilkerson Liu