Method and system for conserving resources in an instruction pipeline

摘要

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, apparatus and system for conserving resources such as power resources in processor instruction pipelines. A branch prediction unit may predict whether a branch is to be taken and an instruction fetch unit may fetch a next sequential instruction. A control circuit may be coupled to the branch prediction unit. The control circuit may abort the next sequential instruction if the branch is predicted to be taken.