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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2005
Jeffrey Powers Bradford, Rochester, MN (US);
Richard James Eickemeyer, Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy Hume Heil, Rochester, MN (US);
Harold F. Kossman, Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy John Mullins, Rochester, MN (US);
Jeffrey Powers Bradford, Rochester, MN (US);
Richard James Eickemeyer, Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy Hume Heil, Rochester, MN (US);
Harold F. Kossman, Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy John Mullins, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for implementing polymorphic branch history table (BHT) reconfiguration. A BHT includes a plurality of predetermined configurations corresponding predetermined operational modes. A first BHT configuration is provided. Checking is provided to identify improved performance with another BHT configuration. The BHT is reconfigured to provide improved performance based upon the current workload.