Patents by Inventor Millind Mital

Millind Mital has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for branch execution on a multiple-instruction-set-architecture microprocessor
    Patent number: 6088793
    Abstract: A microprocessor capable of predicting program branches includes a fetching unit, a branch prediction unit, and a decode unit. The fetching unit is configured to retrieve program instructions, including macro branch instructions. The branch prediction unit is configured to receive the program instructions from the fetching unit, analyze the program instructions to identify the macro branch instructions, determine a first branch prediction for each of the macro branch instructions, and direct the fetching unit to retrieve the program instructions in an order corresponding to the first branch predictions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kin-Yip Liu, Millind Mital, Kenneth Shoemaker