US PATENT SUBCLASS 712 / 239
.~.~.~ Branch prediction

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712 /   HD   ELECTRICAL COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS: PROCESSING ARCHITECTURES AND INSTURCTION PROCESSING (E.G., PROCESSORS)

220  DF  PROCESSING CONTROL {12}
233  DF  .~ Branching (e.g., delayed branch, loop control, branch predict, interrupt) {5}
234  DF  .~.~ Conditional branching {4}
239.~.~.~ Branch prediction {1}
240  DF  .~.~.~.~> History table

DEFINITION

Classification: 712/239

Branch prediction:

(under subclass 234) Subject matter including means or steps for attempting to theorize or guess an outcome of a branch before such outcome can be determined.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

711, Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Memory,

204+, for address mapping by prediction or look-ahead.