Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for using a branch mis-prediction buffer
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Application No.: US12611937Application Date: 2009-11-04
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Publication No.: US09952869B2Publication Date: 2018-04-24
- Inventor: Jeffrey Allan (Alon) Jacob (Yaakov) , Michael Boukaya
- Applicant: Jeffrey Allan (Alon) Jacob (Yaakov) , Michael Boukaya
- Applicant Address: IL Herzlia Pituach
- Assignee: Ceva D.S.P. Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ceva D.S.P. Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: IL Herzlia Pituach
- Agency: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP
- Main IPC: G06F9/38
- IPC: G06F9/38
Abstract:
A system and method is provided for executing a conditional branch instruction. The system and method may include a branch predictor to predict one or more instructions that depend on the conditional branch instruction and a branch mis-prediction buffer to store correct instructions that were not predicted by the branch predictor during a branch mis-prediction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110107071A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING A BRANCH MIS-PREDICTION BUFFER Public/Granted day:2011-05-05
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