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AMD said back in 2016 to have a neural net predictor [1]. I found this slide following references in the Wikipedia article that rowanG077 linked below. [1] htt
by avian 6y ago
AMD said back in 2016 to have a neural net predictor [1]. I found this slide following references in the Wikipedia article that rowanG077 linked below.
[1] https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/12/AMD-Zen-December-2016-Update_Final-For-Distribution-18-980x551.jpeg https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/...
- bXVsbGVy 6y ago> Anticipate future decisions, pre-load instruction, chose best path through the CPU. This slide is about speculative execution not necessarily about branch prediction.
- brianush1 6y agoPre-loading instructions doesn't mean they're actually getting executed. It sounds like it's talking about branch prediction.