Concurrent multiple instruction issue of non-pipelined instructions using non-pipelined operation resources in another processing core

摘要

A method and circuit arrangement utilize inactive non-pipelined operation resources in one processing core of a multi-core processing unit to execute non-pipelined instructions on behalf of another processing core in the same processing unit. Adjacent processing cores in a processing unit may be coupled together such that, for example, when one processing core's non-pipelined execution sequencer is busy, that processing core may issue into another processing core's non-pipelined execution sequencer if that other processing core's non-pipelined execution sequencer is idle, thereby providing intermittent concurrent execution of multiple non-pipelined instructions within each individual processing core.