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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2008
Megumi Yokoi, Kawasaki, JP;
Masaki Ukai, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
Address control section includes an encoding section to generate higher-order address information made by compressing a predetermined higher-order bit part from predetermined higher-order and lower-order bit parts included in an instruction address, and a restoring section to restore the higher-order bit part from the higher-order address information. Branch instruction predicting section includes a history memory section that stores the higher-order bit part and the lower-order bit part corresponding to a branch address of a processed branch instruction at either one of a plurality of storing places determined from the higher-order bit part and the lower-order bit part corresponding to a branch address of a processed branch instruction.