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perhaps they have a dedicated loop length predictor? Iirc, loop exits account for a majority of branch mispredicts nowadays, so it makes sense.
by deepnotderp 9y ago
perhaps they have a dedicated loop length predictor? Iirc, loop exits account for a majority of branch mispredicts nowadays, so it makes sense.
- ufo 9y agoIt must have been something else. I was talking about VM loops, which never exit.
- deepnotderp 9y agoAh , maybe they have a dedicated inner predictor?