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:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Satish K. Sadasivam, Erode, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a hardware processor architecture. The hardware processor architecture may include a processor cache to manage a set of instructions. The hardware processor architecture may include a hint cache to manage a set of hints associated with the set of instructions. Disclosed aspects relate to establishing a hint cache which has a set of hints associated with the set of instructions. The hint cache may be established with respect to the processor cache which has a set of instructions. The set of instructions may be accessed from the processor cache. From the hint cache, the set of hints associated with the set of instructions may be communicated. The set of instructions may be processed by the hardware processor using the set of hints associated with the set of instructions. In embodiments, static or dynamic hint cache bits can be utilized.