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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2008
Applicants:
Louis Marie Vincent Mouton, Vallauris, FR;
Nicolas Huot, Valbonne, FR;
Stephane Eric Sebastien Brochier, Chateauneuf de Grasse, FR;
Gilles Eric Grandou, Plascassier, FR;
Inventors:
Louis Marie Vincent Mouton, Vallauris, FR;
Nicolas Huot, Valbonne, FR;
Stephane Eric Sebastien Brochier, Chateauneuf de Grasse, FR;
Gilles Eric Grandou, Plascassier, FR;
Assignee:
ARM Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A data processing apparatusis provided with one or more branch predictorsfor generating branch predictions. A supervising predictoris responsive to at least a stream of branch predictions to identify one or more cyclically recurring errors in the branch predictors and generate corrected behaviours for a prefetch unit