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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
May. 20, 2014
Applicants:
Jeffrey W. Scott, Austin, TX (US);
William C. Moyer, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey W. Scott, Austin, TX (US);
William C. Moyer, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Assignee:
NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 9/42 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/3806 (2013.01); G06F 9/3808 (2013.01); G06F 9/3844 (2013.01);
Abstract
A branch instruction and a corresponding branch instruction address are received at a data processing system. A first value is received and is compared to a portion of the branch instruction address. An entry at a branch target buffer corresponding to the branch instruction is selectively allocated based on a result of the comparing.