THRESHOLD CONTROLLED LIMITED OUT OF ORDER LOAD EXECUTION

A load scheduler capable of limited issuing of out of order load instruction is disclosed. The load scheduler uses a max skipping threshold which limits the number of skipping load instructions and a max skipped threshold which limits the number of skipped load instructions. An address tag for a skipping instruction is stored in a skipping load instruction tracking unit when a skipping load instruction is issued. When a skipped load instruction issues, the address tag of the skipped load instruction is compared to the address tag of the skipping instruction to determine if a hazard from the out of order issuing of the skipping load instruction caused a hazard and must be flushed.