A method, storage medium, processor instruction and processor to for
specifying a value in a first portion of a conditional pre-fetch
instruction associated with a branch instruction used for effectuating a
branch operation, specifying a target instruction address in a second
portion of the instruction, evaluating the value to determine whether a
condition is met, and pre-fetching one or more instructions starting at
the target instruction address into an instruction buffer of the
processor when the condition is met, is provided.