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Why Your CPU Is a Fortune Teller
(articles.akatski.com)
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a_void_sky
1 year ago
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SillyUsername
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Superscaler architecture and branch prediction was the next big thing mid 90s. If you've not heard of it then that might be because it's now considered elementary in processor design.
SillyUsername
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Forgot to mention, here's a nice primer:
https://danluu.com/branch-prediction/
a_void_sky
1 year ago
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it "should" be elementary but it isn't, I got the idea to publish something on this because I recently had a conversation with a few new hires