Independently, the second execution engine 420 executes instructions until it executes a checkpoint wait instruction to wait until a value equal to or greater than “1” set in the global checkpoint register Ckpt2 (i.e., Wait (Ckpt2, ≥1) 421. The second execution engine 420 may have a dependency on the operation performed by the first execution engine 410 and may halt execution of instructions until the value equal to or greater than “1” is set in the global checkpoint register Ckpt2. When the global checkpoint register Ckpt2 broadcasts 412 that the value “1” is set, the second execution engine 420 may resume executing instructions. The second execution engine 420 may continue executing instructions and may execute a checkpoint set instruction (i.e., Set (Ckpt1, 1)) 423 to set a value of “1” in a different global checkpoint register, Ckpt1. Global checkpoint register Ckpt1 may broadcast 422 its value to all of the execution engines. The second execution engine 420 may continue executing instructions.