US 12,282,778 B2
Selective use of branch prediction hints
Jared W. Stark, Portland, OR (US); Ahmad Yasin, Kafr Manda (IL); and Ajay Amarsingh Singh, Rancho Cordova, CA (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/479,974.
Application 18/479,974 is a continuation of application No. 17/033,749, filed on Sep. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,809,873.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/017,583, filed on Apr. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0118898 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 12/0804 (2016.01)
CPC G06F 9/3842 (2013.01) [G06F 9/30058 (2013.01); G06F 9/30145 (2013.01); G06F 9/3867 (2013.01); G06F 12/0804 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
an instruction decoder to decode a branch instruction having a hint; and
a branch predictor to provide a prediction to override the hint if the prediction is based on stored information about the branch instruction.