Invention Grant
- Patent Title: TAGE branch predictor with perceptron predictor as fallback predictor
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Application No.: US16018440Application Date: 2018-06-26
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Publication No.: US10705848B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Ilias Vougioukas , Stephan Diestelhorst , Andreas Lars Sandberg , Nikos Nikoleris
- 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: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@3123b41f
- Main IPC: G06F9/32
- IPC: G06F9/32 ; G06F9/34 ; G06F9/38 ; G06F9/30
Abstract:
A TAGE branch predictor has, as its fallback predictor, a perceptron predictor. This provides a branch predictor which reduces the penalty of context switches and branch prediction state flushes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190361707A1 TAGE BRANCH PREDICTOR WITH PERCEPTRON PREDICTOR AS FALLBACK PREDICTOR Public/Granted day:2019-11-28
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