An apparatus comprising detection logic configured to detect a loop among a set of instructions, the loop comprising one or more instructions of a first type of instruction and a second type of instruction and a co-processor configured to execute the loop detected by the detection logic, the co-processor...http://www.google.de/patents/US7330964?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7330964 - Microprocessor with independent SIMD loop buffer
