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Patent Inventor Names
Brian R. Prasky0
James J. Bonanno0
Date of Patent
January 18, 2011
0Patent Application Number
120356540
Date Filed
February 22, 2008
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A system and method for performing search area confined branch prediction in a processor are provided. The system includes a branch target buffer (BTB) to hold branch information for branch prediction, where the branch information includes a branch address. The system also includes search logic for searching the BTB to locate a branch address. The system additionally includes throttle logic to stop searching the BTB in response to reaching a predefined search limit.
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