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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Sophie Wilson, Cambridge, GB;
Geoffrey Barrett, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited, Singapore, SG;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/38 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/3806 (2013.01); G06F 9/3844 (2013.01); G06F 9/3848 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for branch prediction are provided herein. The method includes executing a program, wherein the program comprising multiple procedures, and setting bits in a taken branch history register to indicate whether a branch is taken or not taken during execution of instructions in the program. The method further includes the steps of calling a procedure in the program and overwriting, responsive to calling the procedure, the contents of the taken branch history register to a start address for the procedure.