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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
May. 02, 2012
Rajat Goel, Saratoga, CA (US);
Sandeep Gupta, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yamini Modukuru, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rajat Goel, Saratoga, CA (US);
Sandeep Gupta, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yamini Modukuru, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for calculating flag bits is disclosed. The flag bits may be used in a processor utilizing branch predication. More particularly, the apparatus and method may be used to calculate a predicate that can be used by a branch unit to evaluate whether a branch is to be taken. In one embodiment, the apparatus is coupled to receive a condition code associated with an instruction, and flag bits generated responsive to execution of the instruction. The condition code is indicative of a condition to be checked resulting from execution of the instruction. The apparatus may then provide an indication of whether the condition is true.