Patent ID: 11960892
Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. A method comprising:
receiving, by a decode unit of a processor, a set of instructions, each instruction of the set of instructions directed to a respective functional unit of a set of functional units of the processor;
receiving, by the decode unit, a condition instruction that includes a set of fields, each associated with a respective functional unit of the set of functional units;
providing the set of instructions to the set of functional units; and
determining, by each of the functional units, whether to fully execute the respective instruction of the set of instructions based on the respective field of the set of fields of the condition instruction, including determining not to fully execute a first instruction of the set of instructions and to perform at least a portion of the first instruction without writing a result of the first instruction.