Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Branch target buffer addressing in a data processor
- Patent Title (中): 在数据处理器中分支目标缓冲区寻址
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Application No.: US13162835Application Date: 2011-06-17
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Publication No.: US08458447B2Publication Date: 2013-06-04
- Inventor: Thang M. Tran , Edmund J. Gieske , Michael B. Schinzler
- Applicant: Thang M. Tran , Edmund J. Gieske , Michael B. Schinzler
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agent Joanna G. Chiu; Mary Jo Bertani
- Main IPC: G06F7/38
- IPC: G06F7/38 ; G06F9/00 ; G06F9/44 ; G06F15/00
Abstract:
A data processor includes a branch target buffer (BTB) having a plurality of BTB entries grouped in ways. The BTB entries in one of the ways include a short tag address and the BTB entries in another one of the ways include a full tag address.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120324209A1 BRANCH TARGET BUFFER ADDRESSING IN A DATA PROCESSOR Public/Granted day:2012-12-20
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