Patent ID: 9304777
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A system comprising: a queue configured to store a plurality of instructions, wherein the queue comprises a plurality of entries, wherein the queue is associated with (i) a first pointer pointing to an entry of the queue that is configured to store an instruction that newly arrives in the queue and (ii) a second pointer pointing to an entry of the queue that stores an oldest instruction of the plurality of instructions, wherein each entry of the plurality of entries of the queue is associated with a corresponding identification, wherein each identification associated with each entry of the queue comprises (i) a wrap bit that is based on a position of the corresponding entry relative to one of the first pointer or the second pointer and (ii) position bits that are based on an absolute position of the corresponding entry relative to the plurality of entries of the queue; and a processing unit configured to