Techniques for selecting a predicted indirect branch address from global and local caches

A technique for branch target prediction includes storing, based on an instruction fetch address for a group of fetched instructions, first predicted targets for first indirect branch instructions in respective entries of a local count cache. Second predicted targets for second indirect branch instr...

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Hauptverfasser:	Eickemeyer Richard James, Karkhanis Tejas, Konigsburg Brian R, Levitan David Stephen, Logan Douglas Robert Gordan
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING PHYSICS
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