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the problem is that when you care (unpredictable but hot branches), there are probably too many of them to execute in parallel (use up all your speculation dept
by markhahn 2y ago
the problem is that when you care (unpredictable but hot branches), there are probably too many of them to execute in parallel (use up all your speculation depth). 2^n, you know!
not to mention that you burn a lot more power.