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Implement late forwarding for memory stores #18

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mbitsnbites opened this issue Sep 25, 2020 · 0 comments
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Implement late forwarding for memory stores #18

mbitsnbites opened this issue Sep 25, 2020 · 0 comments

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A memory store does not need the data operand until the 2nd execute pipeline stage. Being able to start the store instruction (to calculate the address) before the data operand is ready can save one clock cycle in certain situations, e.g:

    ldw s1, s3, #0 
    stw s1, s4, #0 
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