A method and apparatus to allow program steps in an issue queue to be sent to the execution queue in a non program order provides reduced stall by allowing out of program order steps to be executed as needed resources become available. The method uses a modulus operation to preassign locations in the...http://www.google.de/patents/US6738896?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6738896 - Method and apparatus for determining availability of a queue which allows random insertion
