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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1999
Ryuichi Sunayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Aiichiro Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus provided with a branch history. An object of the present invention is to automatically designate a way in which an entry to be data-processed exists among a plurality of ways with which the branch history is provided, and is to speed up the process. In order to accomplish this objective, the present invention comprises an instruction fetch unit attaching way designation information designating a way in which the entry to be data-processed exists to the address of an instruction, and provides the information to an instruction execution unit in preparation for the case where the instruction fetched from a storage unit is a branch instruction and the data process of a branch history corresponding to the branch instruction is required.