This paper describes the instruction cache unit (ICU) of the iBIUI P0WER2™ processor, with emphasis on improvements over the originai POWER iCU design. The P0WER2 ICU incorporates a new compare-branch scheme that minimizes processing time penalties, a second branch processor, increased branch looic-ahead capability, and doubled instructionfetch and instruction-dispatch bandwidth.
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