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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jong Hong Bae, Kyoungki-do, KR;
Se Kyoung Hong, Kyoungki-do, KR;
Assignee:
Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd., Kyoungki-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
712237 ; 712239 ; 712240 ; 713501 ;
Abstract
To provide a branch prediction apparatus and its method that accesses BTB using IP of an instruction whose interval between the branch instruction is the smallest, on the basis of a branch instruction's fetch among the instructions that can be fetched prior to one cycle, and also that fetches the branch target after N cycle, after BTB accessing, storing the information of the cycle interval N1 between the branch access instruction and branch instruction inside BTB entry.