Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing – Instruction fetching
Patent
1997-09-25
1999-11-30
Harrell, Robert B.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing
Instruction fetching
G06F 900
Patent
active
059960604
ABSTRACT:
A processor and associated memory device that includes a fetcher for fetching instructions stored in the memory device. Each instruction constitutes either a value generating instruction or a non-value generating instruction. The processor further including a decoder for decoding the instructions, an issue unit for routing decoded instructions to an execution unit. The processor further having a predictor being responsive to a first set of instructions, from among the value generating instructions, for predicting, with respect to each one instruction in said first set of instructions, a predicted value that is determined on the basis of a prediction criterion which includes: (i) a previous value generated by the instruction; and (ii) at a stride.
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Gabbay Freddy
Mendelson Avi
Harrell Robert B.
Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd.
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