Patent · US Expired

Reconfigurable trace cache

US7219207B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 3, 2003
Grant dateMay 15, 2007
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Expiry dateApr 3, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/3844
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to one embodiment a computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes a microprocessor and a chipset coupled to the microprocessor. The microprocessor removes stale branch instructions prior to the execution of a first cache line by finding existing branch prediction data for the first cache line.

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