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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Centaur Technology, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Thomas C. McDonald, Austin, TX (US);
Timothy Jon Sulzbach, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
CENTAUR TECHNOLOGY, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/38 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/3848 (2013.01); G06F 9/3806 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a microprocessor, comprising: a branch prediction table comprising plural entries, wherein at least a portion of the plural entries corresponds to an indirect branch type; and an indirect valid table; wherein based on an indirect branch instruction fetch, an entry corresponding to an indirect branch instruction in the branch prediction table is configured as invalid based on clearing a corresponding entry in the indirect valid table.