Dan Luu • 8/23/2017

Branch prediction

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This article is a transcript from a talk explaining why CPUs perform branch prediction and how it works. It covers the basics of CPU pipelining, the performance impact of branches, and introduces classic branch prediction algorithms to provide a foundation for reading modern papers on the topic.

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