CPU Branch Prediction
This cluster discusses branch prediction in modern CPUs, its effectiveness against performance issues, optimizations, and comparisons to branch-free code or other techniques.
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Modern CPUs have branch prediction.
Speculating? I think branch predictors would eat this for lunch
You forgot about branch predictors.
Wouldn't the branch predictor be overwhelmed at some point?
This can´t be true. Disabling branch prediction would completely destroy the CPU performance
What is a 'branch prediction of the CPU'?
Should branch prediction be reconsidered if not completely abandoned in future CPU designs?
Hey now, it's just branch prediction !
Is this any different from branch prediction?
This sounds like a computer processor's branch prediction algorithm.