ACCELERATING FETCH TARGET QUEUE (FTQ) PROCESSING IN A PROCESSOR

Accelerating fetch target queue (FTQ) processing is disclosed herein. In some aspects, a processor comprises an FTQ and an FTQ acceleration cache (FAC), and is configured to generate a FAC entry corresponding to an FTQ entry of a plurality of FTQ entries of the FTQ, wherein the FTQ entry comprises a fetch address bundle comprising a plurality of sequential virtual addresses (VAs), and the FAC entry comprises metadata for the FTQ entry. The processor is further configured to receive, using the FTQ, a request to access the FTQ entry. The processor is also configured to, responsive to receiving the request to access the FTQ entry, locate, using the FAC, the FAC entry corresponding to the FTQ entry among a plurality of FAC entries of the FAC. The processor is additionally configured to perform accelerated processing of the request to access the FTQ entry using the metadata of the FAC entry.