or
Absolute address bits kept in branch history table



Bookmark and Share
Document Number
US Patent 6745313
Issued Date
June 1, 2004
Link
Inventors
Liptay; John S. (late of Rhinebeck, NY)
Check; Mark A. (Hopewell Junction, NY)
Prasky; Brian R. (Wappingers Falls, NY)
Map
Abstract
A method is disclosed for selecting data in a computer system having a cache memory and a branch history table, where the method includes predicting an address corresponding to the data, selecting data at the predicted address in the cache memory, translating an address corresponding to the data, comparing the translated address with the predicted address, and if they are different, re-selecting data at the translated address in the cache memory and appending the translated address to the branch history table.
Tags:
Description:
Amusing 0%
Clever 0%
Complex 0%
Efficient 0%
Historic 0%
Important 0%
Innovative 0%
Interesting 0%
Practical 0%
Simple 0%
Number of Claims:
18
Comments:
no comments yet
Published
June 1, 2004
Application Number
10/042,533
Filed
January 9, 2002
US Classification
711/203   712/233 712/240
Int'l Classification
G06F   12/00   (20060101)  
Examiner
USPTO Field of Search
711/3   711/202   711/203   711/204   712/228   712/248   712/233   712/234   712/235   712/236   712/237   712/238   712/239   712/240  
Related Patents
Claims
Description
About| FAQs| Terms & Disclaimer| Link to Us| Contact Us