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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2022
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Somasundaram Arunachalam, Raleigh, NC (US);
Daren Eugene Streett, Cary, NC (US);
Richard William Doing, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
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 9/3844 (2013.01); G06F 9/30145 (2013.01); G06F 9/322 (2013.01); G06F 9/3806 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include techniques for branch prediction. A branch predictor may be included in a front end of a processor. The branch predictor may store branch targets in a branch target buffer. The branch target buffer includes shared bits, which may be combined with branch target bits to specify branch target destination addresses. Shared bits may result in more efficient memory usage in the processor, for example.