Branch history table

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1997-03-13

1998-09-22

Harrell, Robert B.

G06F 942

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058128387

ABSTRACT:
In a branch processing unit a branch history table is accessed by a branch instruction address associated with a scanned branch instruction before the entire address has been computed. The branch history table is partitioned into a first memory array associated with even instruction addresses and a second memory array associated with the odd instruction addresses.

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Tse-Yu Yeh et al., "Alternative Implementations of Two-Level Adaptive Branch Prediction", Proc. of the Ninth Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture 1993, pp. 124-134.

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