METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING WIDE AND EFFICIENT FRONT-END OPERATION WITH GUEST-ARCHITECTURE EMULATION

摘要

Methods for supporting wide and efficient front-end operation with guest architecture emulation are disclosed. As a part of a method for supporting wide and efficient front-end operation, upon receiving a request to fetch a first far taken branch instruction, a cache line that includes the first far taken branch instruction, a next cache line and a cache line located at the target of the first far taken branch instruction is read. Based on information that is accessed from a data table, the cache line and either the next cache line or the cache line located at the target is fetched in a single cycle.