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Patent No.:

US 12487830 B1

Date of Patent:

Dec. 02, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2024

Prediction unit with first predictor that provides a hashed fetch address of a current fetch block to its own input and to a second predictor that uses it to predict the fetch address of a next fetch block

Applicant:

Ventana Micro Systems Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

John G. Favor, San Francisco, CA (US);

Michael N. Michael, Folsom, CA (US);

Assignee:

Ventana Micro Systems Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:

E. Alan Davis

Huffman Law Group, PC

Primary Examiner:

Shawn Doman

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 9/38 (2018.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 9/3806 (2013.01); G06F 9/3844 (2013.01); G06F 9/3848 (2013.01);

Abstract

A prediction unit includes a first predictor that provides an output comprising a hashed fetch address of a current fetch block in response to an input. The first predictor input comprises a hashed fetch address of a previous fetch block that immediately precedes the current fetch block in program execution order. A second predictor provides an output comprising a fetch address of a next fetch block that immediately succeeds the current fetch block in program execution order in response to an input. The second predictor input comprises the hashed fetch address of the current fetch block output by the first predictor.

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Favor, John. (2025). Prediction unit with first predictor that provides a hashed fetch address of a current fetch block to its own input and to a second predictor that uses it to predict the fetch address of a next fetch block (U.S. Patent No. 12487830). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12487830

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