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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Mark C. Davis, Portland, OR (US);
Stephan Jourdan, Portland, OR (US);
Robert L. Hinton, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Boyd S. Phelps, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Inventors:
Mark C. Davis, Portland, OR (US);
Stephan Jourdan, Portland, OR (US);
Robert L. Hinton, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Boyd S. Phelps, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for determining if an entry corresponding to a prediction address is present in a first predictor, and overriding a prediction output from a second predictor corresponding to the prediction address if the entry is present in the first predictor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.