DE60040578D1 - Entkoppeltes Abrufen und Ausführen von Befehlen mit statischer Verzweigungsvorhersage - Google Patents

Entkoppeltes Abrufen und Ausführen von Befehlen mit statischer Verzweigungsvorhersage

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DE60040578D1
DE60040578D1 DE60040578T DE60040578T DE60040578D1 DE 60040578 D1 DE60040578 D1 DE 60040578D1 DE 60040578 T DE60040578 T DE 60040578T DE 60040578 T DE60040578 T DE 60040578T DE 60040578 D1 DE60040578 D1 DE 60040578D1
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Arthur A Bright
Jason E Fritts
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    • G06F9/38—Concurrent instruction execution, e.g. pipeline, look ahead
    • G06F9/3802—Instruction prefetching
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    • G06F9/32—Address formation of the next instruction, e.g. by incrementing the instruction counter
    • G06F9/322—Address formation of the next instruction, e.g. by incrementing the instruction counter for non-sequential address
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