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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2019
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Madhu Saravana Sibi Govindan, Austin, TX (US);
Fuzhou Zou, Austin, TX (US);
Anhdung Ngo, Austin, TX (US);
Wichaya Top Changwatchai, Austin, TX (US);
Monika Tkaczyk, Austin, TX (US);
Gerald David Zuraski, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
According to one general aspect, an apparatus may include a branch prediction circuit configured to predict if a branch instruction will be taken or not. The apparatus may include a branch target buffer circuit configured to store a memory segment empty flag that indicates whether or not the memory segment after a target address includes at least one other branch instruction, wherein the memory segment empty flag was created during a commit stage of a prior occurrence of the branch instruction. The branch prediction circuit may be configured to skip over the memory segment if the memory segment empty flag indicates a lack of other branch instruction(s).