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Branch prediction should be a super-dumb algorithm, but then Spectre comes along and, oh dear. Malware protection algorithms make fools of us all.
by shadowgovt 4y ago
Branch prediction should be a super-dumb algorithm, but then Spectre comes along and, oh dear.
Malware protection algorithms make fools of us all.
- jesse__ 4y agoThere's nothing about the bug that had anything to do with malware protection, or branch prediction, so I'm not sure how that statement applies to the conversation. The bug was in ETW, which just happened to surface in a windows utility that ostensibly protects you from malware.
- bmicraft 4y agoI would not consider a fast AND accurate branch predictor a trivial matter at all