Patent ID: 11972288
Assignee: AMPERE COMPUTING LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A method, comprising:
writing a first plurality of scheduling entries into a first scheduling group in order;
writing a second plurality of scheduling entries into a second scheduling group in order;
performing a first selection by choosing a first ready entry in order in each scheduling group;
performing a second selection by choosing the ready entry from the oldest group as the entry to be scheduled;
receiving new instructions; and
writing one or more new instructions in order into a group of scheduling entries which has been indicated as available by:
writing a first new instruction in-order into a first group of scheduling entries which has been indicated as available; and
writing a second new instruction in-order into a second group of scheduling entries which has been indicated as available when the first group of scheduling entries which was indicated as available has been filled.