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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2022
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A method of branch prediction includes, in a pre-execute loop, loading a series of instructions leading to a load dependent branch (LDB) instruction including a load instruction, executing the load instruction to receive a part of a branch condition, computing a branch outcome of the LDB instruction based on the branch condition, and storing the branch outcome to a branch-outcome memory. Then, in a main loop corresponding to the pre-execute loop, the method includes loading the LDB instruction, reading the branch outcome from the branch-outcome memory, and executing the main loop based on the branch outcome. In some cases, the method, in the main loop, computes the branch outcome of the branch condition LDB instruction again.