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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2013
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);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/16 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2016.01); G06F 9/345 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0864 (2013.01); G06F 9/3455 (2013.01); G06F 9/3832 (2013.01); G06F 2212/6082 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a particular embodiment, a method includes identifying one or more way prediction characteristics of an instruction. The method also includes selectively reading, based on identification of the one or more way prediction characteristics, a table to identify an entry of the table associated with the instruction that identifies a way of a data cache. The method further includes making a prediction whether a next access of the data cache based on the instruction will access the way.