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. 23, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
James Bonanno, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Daniel Lipetz, Linden, NJ (US);
Brian Robert Prasky, Campbell Hall, NY (US);
Anthony Saporito, Highland, NY (US);
Adam Collura, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Steven J. Hnatko, Fishkill, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system includes a branch predictor and a processing circuit configured to perform a plurality of operations including storing a skip-over offset value in the branch predictor. The skip-over offset value defines a number of search addresses of the branch predictor to be skipped. The operations further include searching the branch predictor for a branch prediction. Responsive to finding the branch prediction, the searching of the branch predictor is re-indexed based on the skip-over offset value associated with the branch prediction.