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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2002
Filed:
May. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tse-Yu Yeh, Milpitas, CA (US);
Mitchell Alexander Poplingher, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Monis Rahman, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/305 ; G06F 9/42 ; G06F 9/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/305 ; G06F 9/42 ; G06F 9/38 ;
Abstract
A microprocessor is disclosed. The microprocessor includes a branch prediction table that has at least one branch entry. The at least one branch entry includes a prediction field to indicate whether a branch is predicted taken. The at least one branch entry also includes a history register that stores history information. Moreover, the branch prediction table includes a prediction update logic that updates the prediction field and the history register except when a branch is strongly predicted statically.