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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Eran Altshuler, Haifa, IL;
Oded Lempel, Givat Ada, IL;
Robert Valentine, Kyriat Tivon, IL;
Nicolas Kacevas, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Eran Altshuler, Haifa, IL;
Oded Lempel, Givat Ada, IL;
Robert Valentine, Kyriat Tivon, IL;
Nicolas Kacevas, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method of early branch prediction in a processor to evaluate, typically before a full branch prediction is made, ways in a branch target buffer to determine if any of said ways corresponds to a valid unconditional branch, and upon such determination, to generate a signal to prevent a read of a next sequential chunk.