Patents by Inventor David Thomas Manville

David Thomas Manville 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).

  • Next branch table for use with a branch predictor
    Patent number: 9135011
    Abstract: A data processing system 2 is provided with branch prediction circuitry 20 for performing branch prediction operations. Next branch table circuitry 22 stores data identifying from a given branch instruction what will be the address of the next branch instruction to be encountered within the program flow. This next branch instruction address is supplied to the branch prediction circuitry 20 which uses it to form its prediction prior to that next branch instruction being identified as such by the instruction decoder 16. This permits branch prediction to commence earlier in the branch prediction circuitry 20 than would otherwise be the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: David Thomas Manville, Trevor Nigel Mudge
  • NEXT BRANCH TABLE FOR USE WITH A BRANCH PREDICTOR
    Publication number: 20130290679
    Abstract: A data processing system 2 is provided with branch prediction circuitry 20 for performing branch prediction operations. Next branch table circuitry 22 stores data identifying from a given branch instruction what will be the address of the next branch instruction to be encountered within the program flow. This next branch instruction address is supplied to the branch prediction circuitry 20 which uses it to form its prediction prior to that next branch instruction being identified as such by the instruction decoder 16. This permits branch prediction to commence earlier in the branch prediction circuitry 20 than would otherwise be the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: David Thomas Manville, Trevor Nigel Mudge