Patent №
US 7,152,155
Granted
2006-12-19
Filed 2005
Owner
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, A CORP. OF DE
Lab
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AI components
2
planning · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11061981
When a branch misprediction in a pipelined processor is discovered, if the mispredicted branch instruction is not the last uncommitted instruction in the pipelines, older uncommitted instructions are checked for dependency on a long latency operation. If one is discovered, all uncommitted instructions are flushed from the pipelines without waiting for the dependency to be resolved. The branch prediction is corrected, and the branch instruction and all flushed instructions older than the branch instruction are re-fetched and executed.
AI classification
Ownership
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, A CORP. OF DE
assignment · 163120906
Assignors
MCILVAINE, MICHAEL SCOTT, DIEFFENDERFER, JAMES NORRIS, BRIDGES, JEFFREY TODD, SARTORIUS, THOMAS ANDREW
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.