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The major innovations of Tomasulo’s algorithm include [[register renaming]] in hardware, [[reservation station|reservation stations]] for all execution units, and a common data bus (CDB) on which computed values broadcast to all reservation stations that may need them. These developments allow for improved [[parallel computing|parallel execution]] of instructions that would otherwise stall under the use of [[scoreboarding]] or other earlier algorithms.

[[Robert Tomasulo]] received the [[Eckert–Mauchly Award]] in 1997 for his work on the algorithm.<ref>{{cite web

| url =http://awards.acm.org/award_winners/tomasulo_4008463.cfm

| title =Robert Tomasulo – Award Winner