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Why Your CPU Is a Fortune Teller

• SillyUsername 1y ago
  Superscaler architecture and branch prediction was the next big thing mid 90s. If you've not heard of it then that might be because it's now considered elementary in processor design.
  • SillyUsername 1y ago
    Forgot to mention, here's a nice primer: https://danluu.com/branch-prediction/ https://danluu.com/branch-prediction/
  • a_void_sky 1y ago
    it "should" be elementary but it isn't, I got the idea to publish something on this because I recently had a conversation with a few new hires