Method and apparatus for resolving multiple branches
US6256729A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 9, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 3, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 9, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3806
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for repairing a pipeline in response to a branch instruction having a branch, includes the steps of providing a branch repair table having a plurality of entries, allocating an entry in the branch repair table for the branch instruction, storing a target address, a fall-through address, and repair information in the entry in the branch repair table, processing the branch instruction to determine whether the branch was taken, and repairing the pipeline in response to the repair information and the fall-through address in the entry in the branch repair table when the branch was not taken.
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