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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2012
Aneesh Aggarwal, Portland, OR (US);
Ross Segelken, Portland, OR (US);
Kevin Koschoreck, Tigard, OR (US);
Paul Wasson, Tigard, OR (US);
Aneesh Aggarwal, Portland, OR (US);
Ross Segelken, Portland, OR (US);
Kevin Koschoreck, Tigard, OR (US);
Paul Wasson, Tigard, OR (US);
NVIDIA CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a microprocessor is provided. The microprocessor includes instruction memory and a branch prediction unit. The branch prediction unit is configured to use information from the instruction memory to selectively power up the branch prediction unit from a powered-down state when fetched instruction data includes a branch instruction and maintain the branch prediction unit in the powered-down state when the fetched instruction data does not include a branch instruction in order to reduce power consumption of the microprocessor during instruction fetch operations.