Routing instruction results to a register block of a subdivided register file based on register block utilization rate

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PATENT NO 12204902
APP PUB NO 20230068637A1
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17464227

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A system, processor, programming product and/or method for assigning instructions to destination register file blocks, and/or routing instructions, includes: providing a processing pipeline having two or more execution units configured to process instructions; providing a register file having register file entries configured to hold data, where the register file is subdivided into a plurality of register blocks and each register block has two or more register file entries; calculating a utilization rate for one or more register blocks; and assigning and/or routing an instruction to write its results to a register block based upon the utilization rate for that register block. Preferably the execution unit is configured to write its results to a single specific destination (rename) register block.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Ayub, Salma Austin, US 28 176
Eisen, Susan E Round Rock, US 50 230
Feiste, Kurt A Austin, US 27 141
Nguyen, Dung Q Austin, US 213 1183
Thompto, Brian W Austin, US 143 831

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