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Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014

Filed:

Nov. 12, 2010
Applicants:

James D. Dundas, Austin, TX (US);

Marvin A. Denman, Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

James D. Dundas, Austin, TX (US);

Marvin A. Denman, Round Rock, TX (US);

Assignee:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus to utilize a branch prediction scheme that limits the expenditure of power and the area consumed caused by branch prediction schemes is provided. The method includes accessing a first entry and a second entry of the data structure, wherein each entry stores a portion of a predicted target address, determining the predicted target address using the portion of the predicted target address stored in the first entry and a portion of a branch address of a fetched branch instruction for a fetched branch instruction of a first type, and determining the predicted target address using the portion of the predicted target address stored in the first entry and the portion of the predicted target address stored in the second entry for a fetched branch instruction of a second type.


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Dundas, James. (2014). Generating predicted branch target address from two entries storing portions of target address based on static/dynamic indicator of branch instruction type (U.S. Patent No. 8694759). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8694759

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