- Patent Title: Determining a predicted behaviour for processing of instructions
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Application No.: US15578477Application Date: 2016-03-31
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Publication No.: US10402203B2Publication Date: 2019-09-03
- Inventor: Max John Batley , Simon John Craske , Ian Michael Caulfield , Peter Richard Greenhalgh , Allan John Skillman , Antony John Penton
- Applicant: ARM LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.
- Priority: GB1509738.9 20150605
- International Application: PCT/GB2016/050908 WO 20160331
- International Announcement: WO2016/193654 WO 20161208
- Main IPC: G06F9/30
- IPC: G06F9/30 ; G06F9/38

Abstract:
An apparatus comprises prediction circuitry (40, 100, 80) for determining, based on current prediction policy information (43, 82, 104), a predicted behavior to be used for processing instructions. The current prediction policy information is updated based on an outcome of processing of instructions. A storage structure (50) stores at least one entry identifying previous prediction policy information (60) for a corresponding block of instructions. In response to an instruction from a block having a corresponding entry in the storage structure (50) which identifies the previous prediction policy information (60), the current prediction policy information (43, 82, 104) can be reset based on the previous prediction policy information 60 identified in the corresponding entry of the storage structure (50).
Public/Granted literature
- US20180173535A1 DETERMINING A PREDICTED BEHAVIOUR FOR PROCESSING OF INSTRUCTIONS Public/Granted day:2018-06-21
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