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Instruction Set3-18 SPRU733
Example 3−3. Partially Serial p-Bit Pattern in a Fetch Packet
This p-bit pattern:
31 0 31 0 31 0 31 0
0011
31 0 31 0 31 0 31 0
0110
Instruction
A
Instruction
B
Instruction
C
Instruction
D
Instruction
E
Instruction
F
Instruction
G
Instruction
H
results in this execution sequence:
Cycle/Execute Packet Instructions
1 A
2 B
3
CDE
4
F G H
Note: Instructions C, D, and E do not use any of the same functional units, cross paths, or
other data path resources. This is also true for instructions F, G, and H.
3.5.1 Example Parallel Code
The vertical bars || signify that an instruction is to execute in parallel with the
previous instruction. The code for the fetch packet in Example 3−3 would be
represented as this:
instruction A
instruction B
instruction C
|| instruction D
|| instruction E
instruction F
|| instruction G
|| instruction H
3.5.2 Branching Into the Middle of an Execute Packet
If a branch into the middle of an execute packet occurs, all instructions at lower
addresses are ignored. In Example 3−3, if a branch to the address containing
instruction D occurs, then only D and E execute. Even though instruction C is
in the same execute packet, it is ignored. Instructions A and B are also ignored
because they are in earlier execute packets. If your result depends on execut-
ing A, B, or C, the branch to the middle of the execute packet will produce an
erroneous result.