Dual branch execute and table update with single port
US11461103B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 23, 2020 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/6026
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, a branch processing method comprising receiving information from at least two branch execution units; writing two updates per clock cycle to respective first and second write queues based on the information; and writing from the first write queue up to two updates per clock cycle into plural tables of a first predictor and a single update for the single clock cycle when there is an expected write collision, the first predictor comprising a single write or read/write port.
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