Intel Corporation

Boyd S Phelps

Stephan Jourdan

Chris E Yuker

Mark C Davis

Robert L Hinton

In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for determining if an entry corresponding to a prediction address is present in a first predictor, and overriding a prediction output from a second predictor corresponding to the prediction address if the entry is present in the first predictor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Overriding a static prediction with a level-two predictor

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for staging the data output from an addressable memory location as a plurality of fields. In embodiments, each field of a data item that is stored at an address may be output during a different clock cycle. In further embodiments, the most time critical field may be output first.

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Hillsboro, OR, United States of America

Boyd S Phelps