/**
* ****************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2010-2016 by Min Cai (min.cai.china@gmail.com).
* <p>
* This file is part of the Archimulator multicore architectural simulator.
* <p>
* Archimulator is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
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* Archimulator is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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*/
package archimulator.core.bpred;
import archimulator.core.Thread;
import archimulator.isa.Mnemonic;
import archimulator.util.Reference;
/**
* The "always taken" branch predictor.
*
* @author Min Cai
*/
public class TakenBranchPredictor extends BranchPredictor {
/**
* Create an "always taken" branch predictor.
*
* @param thread the thread
* @param name the name of the branch predictor
*/
public TakenBranchPredictor(Thread thread, String name) {
super(thread, name, BranchPredictorType.TAKEN);
}
@Override
public int predict(int branchAddress, int branchTarget, Mnemonic mnemonic, BranchPredictorUpdate branchPredictorUpdate, Reference<Integer> returnAddressStackRecoverIndex) {
return branchTarget;
}
@Override
public boolean isDynamic() {
return false;
}
}