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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Peter G. Sassone, Austin, TX (US);
Suresh K. Venkumahanti, Austin, TX (US);
Lucian Codrescu, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0875 (2013.01); G06F 9/3802 (2013.01); G06F 9/3806 (2013.01); G06F 9/3832 (2013.01); G06F 12/0864 (2013.01); G06F 2212/6082 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1225 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a particular embodiment, an apparatus includes control logic configured to selectively set bits of a multi-bit way prediction mask based on a prediction mask value. The control logic is associated with an instruction cache including a data array. A subset of line drivers of the data array is enabled responsive to the multi-bit way prediction mask. The subset of line drivers includes multiple line drivers.