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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
James R. Hakewill, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Nikhil Gupta, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 12/0875 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/3802 (2013.01); G06F 12/0875 (2013.01); G06F 2212/452 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for prefetching instructions is disclosed. A signature may be updated in response to determining that a received instruction initiates a transition in function. A plurality of entries stored in a memory may be searched in response to determining the signature has been updated and a prefetch operation may be initiated in response to determining that the signature matches a given entry of the plurality of entries.