Patent ID: 9552169
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: a memory execution unit (MEU) to perform store and load operations to store data to memory and load data from memory, respectively; a plurality of memory rename (MRN) registers assigned to store and load operations, each MRN register to store data associated with a store operation so that the data is available for a subsequent load operation; and at least one MRN predictor comprising a data structure to allocate virtual memory rename (VMRN) registers to each of the MRN registers, the MRN predictor to query the data structure in response to a load and/or store operation using a value identifying the MRN register assigned to the load and/or store operation, respectively, to determine a current VMRN register associated with the load and/or store operation.