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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
May. 26, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
James J. Bonanno, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Michael J. Cadigan, Jr., Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Adam B. Collura, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Daniel Lipetz, Linden, NJ (US);
Brian R. Prasky, Campbell Hall, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Examples of techniques for distance-based branch prediction are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method includes: determining, by a processing system, a potential return instruction address (IA) by determining whether a relationship is satisfied between a first target IA and a first branch IA; storing a second branch IA as a return when a target IA of a second branch matches a potential return IA for the second branch; and applying the potential return IA for the second branch as a predicted target IA of a predicted branch IA stored as a return.