The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2016
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Max John Batley, Cottenham, GB;
Simon John Craske, Cambridge, GB;
Ian Michael Caulfield, Cambridge, GB;
Peter Richard Greenhalgh, Cambridge, GB;
Allan John Skillman, Kettering, GB;
Antony John Penton, Little Canfield, GB;
ARM Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
An apparatus comprises prediction circuitry () for determining, based on current prediction policy information (), a predicted behavior to be used for processing instructions. The current prediction policy information is updated based on an outcome of processing of instructions. A storage structure () stores at least one entry identifying previous prediction policy information () for a corresponding block of instructions. In response to an instruction from a block having a corresponding entry in the storage structure () which identifies the previous prediction policy information (), the current prediction policy information () can be reset based on the previous prediction policy informationidentified in the corresponding entry of the storage structure ().