Abstract: Stateful microbranch instructions, including: generating, based on an instruction, a first one or more microinstructions including a stateful microbranch instruction, wherein the stateful microbranch instruction includes: an address of a next instruction after the instruction; a branch target address; one or more microcode attributes; and executing the first one or more microinstructions.

Abstract: A microprocessor for mitigating side channel attacks includes a memory subsystem having at least a data cache memory and configured to receive a load operation that specifies a load address. The processor performs speculative execution of instructions and executes instructions out of program order. The memory subsystem, in response to detecting that the load address misses in the data cache memory: detects a condition in which the load address specifies a location for which a valid address translation does not currently exist or permission to read from the location is not allowed, and prevents cache line data implicated by the missing load address from being filled into the data cache memory in response to detection of the condition.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a graphics processing unit (GPU) coprocessor are disclosed. The GPU coprocessor includes a SIMD unit with the ability to self-schedule sub-wave procedures based on input data flow events. A host processor sends messages targeting the GPU coprocessor to a queue. In response to detecting a first message in the queue, the GPU coprocessor schedules a first sub-task for execution. The GPU coprocessor includes an inter-lane crossbar and intra-lane biased indexing mechanism for a vector general purpose register (VGPR) file. The VGPR file is split into two files. The first VGPR file is a larger register file with one read port and one write port. The second VGPR file is a smaller register file with multiple read ports and one write port. The second VGPR introduces the ability to co-issue more than one instruction per clock cycle.

Abstract: This disclosure describes methods, devices, systems, and procedures in a computing system for capturing a configuration state of an operating system executing on a central processing unit (CPU), and offloading resource-related tasks, based on the configuration state, to a resource management unit such as a system-on-chip (SoC). The resource management unit identifies a status of each resource based on the captured configuration state of the operating system. The resource management unit then processes tasks associated with the status of the resources, such as modifying a clock rate of a clocked component in the computing system. This can alleviate the CPU from processing those tasks thereby improving overall computing system performance and dynamics.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for a parser of a processing pipeline. The method receives a packet for processing by a set of match-action stages of the processing pipeline. The method stores packet header field (PHF) values from a first set of PHFs of the packet in a set of data containers. The first set of PHFs are for use by the match-action stages. For a second set of PHFs not used by the match-action stages, the method generates descriptive data that identifies locations of the PHFs of the second set within the packet. The method sends (i) the set of data containers to the match-action stages and (ii) the packet data and the generated descriptive data outside of the match-action stages to a deparser that uses the packet data, generated descriptive data, and the set of data containers as modified by the match-action stages to reconstruct a modified packet.

Abstract: A data processing system is provided in which destination operands to be stored within architectural registers are constrained to have zero values added as prefixes in order that the architectural register value has a fixed bit width irrespective of the bit width of the destination operand being written thereto. Instead of adding these zero values everywhere in the data path, they are instead represented by zero flags in at least the physical registers utilized for register renaming operations and in the result queue prior to results being written to the architectural register file. This saves circuitry resources and reduces energy consumption.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus and method are provided. A processor performs data processing operations in response to data processing instructions which reference logical registers. A set of physical registers stores data values which are subjected to the data processing operations. A tag storage stores for each physical register a tag value indicative of one of the logical registers. The processor references the tag storage to perform the data processing operations. A tag value exchanger performs a tag switch exchanging two tag values in the tag storage when the processor executes a predetermined instruction which references two logical registers and for which a choice of which two physical registers are mapped to which of the two logical registers will have no effect on an outcome of the data processing operations. The tag value exchanger performs the tag switch with respect to the tag values indicative of the two logical registers.

Abstract: A segmental allocation method of expanding RISC processor register includes the steps of a) setting an instruction format of the RISC processor, the destination register field being set having 6 bits to correspond to 64 registers and at least one source register field having at least 4 bits to correspond to at least 16 registers; b) providing two solutions to the problem resulting from that the instruction format in the step a) goes beyond range under some circumstances; and c) setting a register segment allocation algorithm having the steps of c1) providing and grouping a plurality of pseudo registers; c2) prioritizing the pseudo registers in each of the groups; c3) combining the groups pursuant to the priorities thereof; and c4) locating the physical register of lowest computational cost.

Abstract: A scalable reconfigurable register file (SRRF) containing multiple register files, read and write multiplexer complexes, and a control unit operating in response to instructions is described. Multiple address configurations of the register files are supported by each instruction and different configurations are operable simultaneously during a single instruction execution. For example, with separate files of the size 32×32 supported configurations of 128×32 bit s, 64×64 bit s and 32×128 bit s can be in operation each cycle. Single width, double width, quad width operands are optimally supported without increasing the register file size and without increasing the number of register file read or write ports.

Abstract: A scalable reconfigurable register file (SRRF) containing multiple register files, read and write multiplexer complexes, and a control unit operating in response to instructions is described. Multiple address configurations of the register files are supported by each instruction and different configurations are operable simultaneously during a single instruction execution. For example, with separate files of the size 32×32 supported configurations of 128×32 bit s, 64×64 bit s and 32×128 bit s can be in operation each cycle. Single width, double width, quad width operands are optimally supported without increasing the register file size and without increasing the number of register file read or write ports.