Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing – Processing control – Branching
Patent
1996-10-23
1999-11-02
Treat, William M.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing
Processing control
Branching
712238, 712239, G06F 938
Patent
active
059789085
ABSTRACT:
A computer instruction supply system has store and fetch circuitry for obtaining a sequence of instructions, test circuitry for locating the first instruction in the sequence to be enabled, and for testing separately successive instructions in the sequence to locate any branch instruction which is predicted to be taken and control circuitry to disregard target addresses of branch instructions in the sequence prior to the first instruction to be executed.
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Cumming Peter
Grisenthwaite Richard
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics Ltd.
Treat William M.
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