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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 1996
Filed:
May. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bradley D Hoyt, Portland, OR (US);
Subramanian Natarajan, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395376 ; 395690 ; 39518203 ; 395467 ;
Abstract
A two level adaptive branch prediction mechanism for a computer processor. The branch prediction mechanism comprises a branch target buffer in which the branch prediction entries are partitioned into 'sets' of branch prediction entries. Each set of branch prediction entries is provided with a branch pattern table such that only the branch prediction entries in the same set share a branch pattern table thereby reducing branch pattern table interference.