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Patent No.:

US 10042417 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 05, 2016

Branch prediction with power usage prediction and control

Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Mark J. Hickey, Rochester, MN (US);

Adam J. Muff, Issaquah, WA (US);

Matthew R. Tubbs, Issaquah, WA (US);

Charles D. Wait, Byron, MN (US);

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Attorney:

Middleton Reutlinger

Primary Examiner:

George Giroux

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/38 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); G06F 1/32 (2013.01); G06F 1/324 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 1/329 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 9/30083 (2013.01); G06F 9/3836 (2013.01); G06F 9/3844 (2013.01);
Abstract

A circuit arrangement maintains power usage prediction information for one or more functional units in branch prediction logic for a processing unit such that the power consumption of a functional unit may be selectively reduced in association with the execution of branch instructions when it is predicted that the functional unit will be idle subsequent to the execution of such branch instructions.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hickey, Mark. (2018). Branch prediction with power usage prediction and control (U.S. Patent No. 10042417). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10042417

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