DEVICE PREDICTING A BRANCH OF AN INSTRUCTION EQUIVALENT TO A SUBROUTINE RETURN AND A METHOD THEREOF
Patent №
US 6,898,698
Granted
2005-05-24
Filed 2000
Owner
FUJITSU LIMITED
Lab
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AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09533042
A register number of a link register, which is specified by an instruction equivalent to a subroutine call, is registered. The number of a branch destination register in a branch instruction which can possibly be an instruction equivalent to a subroutine return is compared with the registered register number. If they match, this branch instruction is identified as an instruction equivalent to a subroutine return.
AI classification
Ownership
FUJITSU LIMITED
assignment · 106430272
Assignors
SUNAYAMA, RYUICHI, UKAI, MASAKI, INOUE, AIICHIRO
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.