CONTROLLING ACCESSES TO A BRANCH PREDICTION UNIT FOR SEQUENCES OF FETCH GROUPS - Patent 4081899

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EP 4 081 899 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	02.11.2022 Bulletin 2022/44

(21)	Application number: 20905906.2

(22)	Date of filing: 04.11.2020

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06F 9/38^(2018.01)

(52)	Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
	G06F 9/3844; G06F 9/3806; G06F 9/3857

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2020/058806

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2021/133469 (01.07.2021 Gazette 2021/26)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME
	Designated Validation States:
	KH MA MD TN

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Priority:

23.12.2019 US 201916725203

(71)	Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
	Santa Clara, CA 95054 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	AGRAWAL, Varun Santa Clara, California 95054 (US) KALAMATIANOS, John Santa Clara, California 95054 (US) YALAVARTI, Adithya Santa Clara, California 95054 (US) QIAN, Jingjie Santa Clara, California 95054 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hancox, Jonathan Christopher et al
	Venner Shipley LLP Windsor House 6-10 Mount Ephraim Road Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1EE Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1EE (GB)

(54)	CONTROLLING ACCESSES TO A BRANCH PREDICTION UNIT FOR SEQUENCES OF FETCH GROUPS