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Stunt box to broadcast and store results until retirement for an out-of-order processor

  • US 10,713,049 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2014
  • Issued: 07/14/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A stunt box for selectively retiring a result from among a plurality of first results, the stunt box comprising:

  • a first storage configured to store a plurality of execution pipe results as the plurality of first results;

    a stunt box mux configured to selectively provide a plurality of second results from among the plurality of first results, the plurality of second results not including the result from among the plurality of first results;

    a second storage configured to store the plurality of second results; and

    an arbiter configured to;

    receive the plurality of execution pipe results, the plurality of first results, and the plurality of second results,select the result from the plurality of first results to retire, andprovide a select line to the stunt box mux to configure the stunt box mux to not provide the result within the plurality of second results,wherein the arbiter is further configured to broadcast the plurality of execution pipe results, the plurality of first results, and the plurality of second results prior to retiring the result.

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