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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2017
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ragavendra Natarajan, Mysore, IN;
Niranjan Soundararajan, Karnataka, IN;
Sreenivas Subramoney, Bangalore, IN;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a branch prediction circuit includes: a first bimodal predictor having a first plurality of entries each to store first prediction information for a corresponding branch instruction; a global predictor having a plurality of global entries each to store global prediction information for a corresponding branch instruction; a second bimodal predictor having a second plurality of entries each to store second prediction information for a corresponding branch instruction; a monitoring table having a plurality of monitoring entries each to store a counter value based on the second prediction information for a corresponding branch instruction; and a control circuit to allocate a global entry within the global predictor based at least in part on the counter value of a monitoring entry of the monitoring table for a corresponding branch instruction. Other embodiments are described and claimed.