Ceremorphic, Inc.

Somya Dashora

Kalash Bhavin Shah

Prakhar Kumar

Radhika Ponnamaneni

Utkarsh Lnu

A computational system with a primary processor and a secondary processor executing executable code, the secondary processor executing at least one clock cycle behind the primary processor. The primary processor comprising (i) two primary delay buffers, including a final primary delay buffer, and (ii) a primary historical storage buffers operably linked to the final primary delay buffer. The secondary processor including a secondary delay buffer and a secondary historical storage buffer operably liked with the secondary delay buffer. The system including a circuit for performing a comparison between first data values from the final primary delay buffer and second data values from the secondary delay buffer. The system configured, if the first data values and the second data values do not match, for storing the first data values in the primary historical storage buffer and the second data values in the secondary historical storage buffer.

Storage of delay-logic values for enhanced fault recovery for dual processor lock step computing systems

An exemplary branch predictor apparatus comprises a Pattern History Table (PHT) configured with a PHT allocation multiplexer/demultiplexer (PAMD) configurable to output a prediction logically selected from a portion of the PHT entries selectively allocated among a plurality of threads. The PHT entries may be allocated among a plurality of threads based on control bits read from a Control and Status Register (CSR) at system initialization. The branch predictor may govern a plurality of threads fetching instructions from an address selected from a Branch Target Buffer (BTB) entry indexed based on a per-thread Program Counter (PC) or a PHT entry indexed based on a per-thread Global History Register (GBHR). The PHT entries may be saturating binary counters. The saturating counters may be two-bit counters. An exemplary implementation may permit reduced misprediction rate, increased throughput, or reduced energy consumption resulting from increased allocation of PHT entries to more branch-intensive threads.

Dynamic allocation of pattern history table (PHT) for multi-threaded branch predictors

An exemplary multi-threaded memory management system comprises a memory management unit (MMU) configured with a plurality of physical address (PA) output ports individually dedicated to a respective plurality of threads, wherein the MMU is configured to adjust scheduling of the plurality of threads based on the status of an item requested from a cache. The MMU may be configured to translate a virtual address (VA) input from an individual thread to a PA output on the respective PA output port. The cache may be a translation look-aside buffer. The item requested from the cache may be in transient status when a response is expected or valid status when the response is received. The MMU may signal a thread scheduler to run a thread when a requested item's status becomes valid, permitting stalling individual threads without blocking other threads that continue running using the PA output port dedicated to each thread.

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