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> they probably figured out how to turn off the branch predictor. :P I hope the fix is this crude... the performance drop would be hilarious, Apple would proba
by tomxor 9y ago
> they probably figured out how to turn off the branch predictor.
:P I hope the fix is this crude... the performance drop would be hilarious, Apple would probably switch back to PowerPC by the summer.
- tomxor 9y agoNote: I was obviously being facetious, but It made me wonder how far back branch prediction goes not being a microarchitecture expert... Surprised to find even the old 68k utilises it! not that they necessarily suffer the same fate through the concept alone of course.