APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING AND SHUTTING DOWN INDIVIDUAL ENHANCED PIPELINE STAGES BASED ON STAGE PRIORITY AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
Patent №
US 9,563,259
Granted
2017-02-07
Filed 2009
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12357910
The present invention discloses a pipeline-based central processing unit, wherein the pipeline is partitioned into base pipeline stages and enhanced pipeline stages according to functions, the base pipeline stages being activated all the while, and the enhanced pipeline stages being activated or shutdown according to requirements for performance of a workload. The present invention further discloses a pipeline-based central processing unit, wherein the pipeline is partitioned into base pipeline stages and enhanced pipeline stages according to functions, each pipeline stage being partitioned into a base module and at least one enhanced module, the base module being activated all the while, and the enhanced module being activated or shutdown according to requirements for performance of a workload.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 221420140
Assignors
SHEN, WEN BO, SHAO, PENG, LU, YU, CHANG, XIAO TAO, GE, YI, WANG, HUAYONG, ZOU, HUAN HAO
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