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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2020
Applicant:
Centaur Technology, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Thomas C. McDonald, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
CENTAUR TECHNOLOGY, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0806 (2016.01); G06F 7/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0806 (2013.01); G06F 7/582 (2013.01); G06F 2212/62 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a microprocessor, comprising: prediction logic comprising a branch predictor comprising a group of multi-set associative tables, each of the tables corresponding to branch pattern histories of different lengths; and control logic configured to provide an adjustable write policy for the prediction logic.