Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture
Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture
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ISBN: 9781284123036
Author: Linda Null
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Branch Prediction:

In computer architecture, a branch prediction is an approach that attempts to mitigate the costs of branching.

  • Branch prediction speeds up the processing of branch instructions with CPUs using pipelining.
  • It breaks instructions down into predicates and a CPU using branch prediction only executes the statements if a predicate is true.
  • It attempts to guess the next instruction in the instruction stream and thereby avoiding pipeline stalls due to branching...

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