ATE247846T1 - Verfahren und vorrichtung für sprungvorhersage unter verwendung einer hybriden branch-history mit gemeinsamer zugriffsstruktur - Google Patents

Verfahren und vorrichtung für sprungvorhersage unter verwendung einer hybriden branch-history mit gemeinsamer zugriffsstruktur

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ATE247846T1
ATE247846T1 AT00909946T AT00909946T ATE247846T1 AT E247846 T1 ATE247846 T1 AT E247846T1 AT 00909946 T AT00909946 T AT 00909946T AT 00909946 T AT00909946 T AT 00909946T AT E247846 T1 ATE247846 T1 AT E247846T1
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Adam R Talcott
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/38—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline or look ahead
    • G06F9/3802—Instruction prefetching
    • G06F9/3804—Instruction prefetching for branches, e.g. hedging, branch folding
    • G06F9/3806—Instruction prefetching for branches, e.g. hedging, branch folding using address prediction, e.g. return stack, branch history buffer
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/30—Arrangements for executing machine instructions, e.g. instruction decode
    • G06F9/38—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline or look ahead
    • G06F9/3836—Instruction issuing, e.g. dynamic instruction scheduling or out of order instruction execution
    • G06F9/3842—Speculative instruction execution
    • G06F9/3848—Speculative instruction execution using hybrid branch prediction, e.g. selection between prediction techniques

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AT00909946T 1999-01-25 2000-01-24 Verfahren und vorrichtung für sprungvorhersage unter verwendung einer hybriden branch-history mit gemeinsamer zugriffsstruktur ATE247846T1 (de)

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PCT/US2000/001500 WO2000043869A1 (en) 1999-01-25 2000-01-24 Methods and apparatus for branch prediction using hybrid history with index sharing

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