Patent ID: 11921643
Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. A method comprising:
decoding, by a processor, a first instruction including a first instruction type field indicating a dual issue instruction type;
dispatching the first instruction to a first multiplication unit and to a second multiplication unit in response to the first instruction type field indicating the dual issue instruction type;
executing the first instruction by the first multiplication unit and the second multiplication unit in a first data path of the processor;
storing, by the processor, a first result of the first instruction in a first storage location indicated by the first instruction;
decoding, by the processor, a second instruction including a second instruction type field indicating a single issue instruction type;
dispatching the second instruction to the first multiplication unit and not to the second multiplication unit in response to the second instruction type field indicating the single issue instruction type;
executing the second instruction by the first multiplication unit; and
storing, by the processor, a second result of the second instruction in a second storage location indicated by the second instruction.