Computer instruction supply
US5978908A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 23, 1996 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3806
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer instruction supply system has store and fetch circuitry for obtaining a sequence of instructions, test circuitry for locating the first instruction in the sequence to be enabled, and for testing separately successive instructions in the sequence to locate any branch instruction which is predicted to be taken and control circuitry to disregard target addresses of branch instructions in the sequence prior to the first instruction to be executed.
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