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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:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/3804 (2013.01); G06F 9/30101 (2013.01); G06F 9/3844 (2013.01); G06F 9/3806 (2013.01);
Abstract
Circuitry comprises a prediction register having one or more entries each storing prediction data; prediction circuitry configured to map a value of the stored prediction data to a prediction of whether or not a branch represented by a given branch instruction is predicted to be taken, according to a data mapping; and control circuitry configured to selectively vary the data mapping between the prediction and the value of the stored prediction data.