Mapper circuit with backup capability

Details Mapper circuit with backup capability Mapper circuit with backup capability

2006-06-27

2006-06-27

Ellis, Kevin L. (Department: 2188)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Address formation

Address mapping

Reexamination Certificate

active

07069411

ABSTRACT:
A mapper circuit with backup capability. In one embodiment, the mapper circuit may store associations between physical register names (PRNs) and logical register names (LRNs) in a plurality of storage locations, each of the storage locations corresponding to a speculative state. One of the storage locations may store a LRN-to-PRN mappings for a current speculative state, while the other storage locations may store LRN-to-PRN mappings for previous speculative states. In a case where the processor is required to back up (e.g., such as in the case of a branch misprediction), one of the mappings associated with a previous speculative state may be reverted to an association with the current speculative state.

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