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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2023
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Julio Gago Alonso, Barcelona, ES;
Santiago Galan, Molins de Rei, ES;
Antonio Juan Hormigo, Barcelona, ES;
Ivan Pizarro, Hospitalet de Llobregat, ES;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Improved branch target buffer (BTB) structures are provided. A device can include branch target buffers storing entries corresponding to branch instructions and corresponding targets of the branch instructions. The device can include a victim cache storing a branch target buffer entry that has been evicted from a branch target buffer of the branch target buffers. The device can include branch prediction circuitry configured to access the victim cache responsive to receiving respective miss indications from each branch target buffer of the branch target buffers.
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