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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Michael K. Gschwind, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Valentina Salapura, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 9/32 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30058 (2013.01); G06F 9/30032 (2013.01); G06F 9/30076 (2013.01); G06F 9/30101 (2013.01); G06F 9/30116 (2013.01); G06F 9/30181 (2013.01); G06F 9/322 (2013.01); G06F 9/3806 (2013.01); G06F 9/3861 (2013.01);
Abstract
A value to be used in register-indirect branching is predicted and concurrently stored in a selected location accessible to one or more instructions. The value may be a target address used by an indirect branch and the selected location may be a hardware register, providing concurrent prediction of branch addresses and the update of register contents.