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KOUNTANIS IAN D
US35 patents
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APPLE INC
31 patentsUS11468168B1Oct 11, 2022
Systems and methods for optimizing authentication branch instructions
APPLE INC10 citations84
US10719327B1Jul 21, 2020
Branch prediction system
APPLE INC10 citations83
US10445102B1Oct 15, 2019
Next fetch prediction return table
APPLE INC10 citations83
US10223123B1Mar 5, 2019
Methods for partially saving a branch predictor state
APPLE INC10 citations83
US10346309B1Jul 9, 2019
Sequential prefetch boost
APPLE INC7 citations80
US11379240B2Jul 5, 2022
Indirect branch predictor based on register operands
APPLE INC3 citations72
US10175982B1Jan 8, 2019
Storing taken branch information
APPLE INC3 citations72
US9632791B2Apr 25, 2017
Cache for patterns of instructions with multiple forward control transfers
APPLE INC2 citations72
US9626185B2Apr 18, 2017
IT instruction pre-decode
APPLE INC2 citations72
US9524011B2Dec 20, 2016
Instruction loop buffer with tiered power savings
APPLE INC3 citations72
US11449343B2Sep 20, 2022
Indirect branch predictor storing encrypted branch information fields and security tag for security protection
APPLE INC5 citations71
US10901484B2Jan 26, 2021
Fetch predition circuit for reducing power consumption in a processor
APPLE INC3 citations71
US10241557B2Mar 26, 2019
Reducing power consumption in a processor
APPLE INC2 citations71
US12067399B2Aug 20, 2024
Conditional instructions prediction
APPLE INC2 citations70
US11809874B2Nov 7, 2023
Conditional instructions distribution and execution on pipelines having different latencies for mispredictions
APPLE INC2 citations70
US11093249B2Aug 17, 2021
Methods for partially preserving a branch predictor state
APPLE INC0 citations62
US12450068B2Oct 21, 2025
Biased conditional instruction prediction
APPLE INC0 citations61
US12430134B2Sep 30, 2025
Instruction fetch using a sequential prediction circuit
APPLE INC0 citations61
US12423408B1Sep 23, 2025
Systems and methods for optimizing authentication branch instructions
APPLE INC0 citations61
US12373217B2Jul 29, 2025
Indirect branch predictor storing encrypted branch information fields
APPLE INC0 citations61
US11941401B1Mar 26, 2024
Instruction fetch using a return prediction circuit
APPLE INC0 citations61
US12578965B2Mar 17, 2026
Biased indirect control transfer prediction
APPLE INC0 citations58
US11294684B2Apr 5, 2022
Indirect branch predictor for dynamic indirect branches
APPLE INC0 citations52
US12541370B1Feb 3, 2026
Register rename for deterministically updated register
APPLE INC0 citations51
US11630670B2Apr 18, 2023
Multi-table signature prefetch
APPLE INC0 citations51
US9471322B2Oct 18, 2016
Early loop buffer mode entry upon number of mispredictions of exit condition exceeding threshold
APPLE INC1 citations51
US12353882B1Jul 8, 2025
Next fetch prediction using history
APPLE INC0 citations50
US12288070B1Apr 29, 2025
Program counter zero-cycle loads
APPLE INC0 citations50
US12236244B1Feb 25, 2025
Multi-degree branch predictor
APPLE INC0 citations50
US12373215B2Jul 29, 2025
Using a next fetch predictor circuit with short branches and return fetch groups
APPLE INC0 citations48
US10678542B2Jun 9, 2020
Non-shifting reservation station
APPLE INC0 citations40