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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Putrino, Endicott, NY (US);
Stamatis Vassiliadis, Vestal, NY (US);
Ann E Huffman, Johnson City, NY (US);
Agnes Y Ngai, Endwell, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364200 ; 3642613 ; 3642615 ; 364938 ; 3649381 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for branch prediction for computer instructions predicts the outcome of an executing branch instruction in response to instruction operands Q, R, and B. The apparatus includes combinatorial logic for predicting a first branch condition, ((Q+R)-B)>0, or a second branch condition ((Q+R)-B).ltoreq.0.