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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2010
Philip G. Emma, Danbury, CT (US);
Allan M. Hartstein, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Brian R. Prasky, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Thomas R. Puzak, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Vijayalakshmi Srinivasan, New York, NY (US);
Philip G. Emma, Danbury, CT (US);
Allan M. Hartstein, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Brian R. Prasky, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Thomas R. Puzak, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Vijayalakshmi Srinivasan, New York, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method comprising receiving a branch instruction, decoding a branch address and the branch instruction, executing a branch action associated with the branch address, determining whether a branch associated with the branch action was taken, and saving an identifier of the branch instruction and in indicator that the branch action was taken in a prefetch history table responsive to determining that the branch associated with the branch action was taken.