INSTRUCTION CACHE HAVING A MULTI-BIT WAY PREDICTION MASK

Patent №

US 9,304,932

Granted

2016-04-05

Filed 2012

Owner

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

Lab

AI components

1

hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

13721317

In a particular embodiment, an apparatus includes control logic configured to selectively set bits of a multi-bit way prediction mask based on a prediction mask value. The control logic is associated with an instruction cache including a data array. A subset of line drivers of the data array is enabled responsive to the multi-bit way prediction mask. The subset of line drivers includes multiple line drivers.

AI hardwareG06F 12/0875G06F 9/3802G06F 9/3806G06F 9/3832G06F 12/0864G06F 2212/6082Y02D 10/00

AI classification

AI hardware0.66
Planning0.03
Natural language0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Machine learning0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Speech0.00
Vision0.00

Ownership

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

assignment · 295080113

Assignors

SASSONE, PETER G., VENKUMAHANTI, SURESH K., CODRESCU, LUCIAN

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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