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BRANCH PREDICTION MECHANISM EMPLOYING BRANCH SELECTORS TO SELECT A BRANCH PREDICTION
BRANCH PREDICTION MECHANISM EMPLOYING BRANCH SELECTORS TO SELECT A BRANCH PREDICTION
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机译:分支预测机制采用分支选择器来选择分支预测
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A branch prediction apparatus is provided which stores multiple branch selectors corresponding to instruction bytes within a cache line of instructions or portion thereof. The branch selectors identify a branch prediction to be selected if the corresponding instruction byte is the byte indicated by the offset of the fetch address used to fetch the cache line. Instead of comparing pointers to the branch instructions with the offset of the fetch address, the branch prediction is selected simply by decoding the offset of the fetch address and choosing the corresponding branch selector. The branch prediction apparatus may operate at higher frequencies (i.e. lower clock cycles) than if the pointers to the branch instruction and the fetch address were compared (a greater than or less than comparison). The branch selectors directly determine which branch prediction is appropriate according to the instructions being fetched, thereby decreasing the amount of logic employed to select the branch prediction.
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