Patent ID: 6189087
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:an instruction queue including storage for a plurality of first-type instructions; distribution logic coupled to the instruction queue and having a plurality ""m"" of outputs to direct information from ""n"" (n.ltoreq.m) of the first-type instructions to ones of the distribution logic outputs, up to m outputs;a plurality ""m"" of conversion paths respectively coupled to the distribution logic outputs to convert the ""n"" first-type instructions directed thereto into ""p"" (p.gtoreq.n) second-type instructions to which the ""n"" first-type instructions map, wherein the first-type instructions map to particular sets of one or more second-type instructions in accordance with a predefined first-type to second-type mapping; anddispatch logic coupled to the conversion paths to dispatch the ""p"" second-type for execution.