No, you can do that without branching. See https://en.algorithmica.org/hpc/pipelining/branchless/#predication https://en.algorithmica.org/hpc/pipelining/branchl

No, you can do that without branching. See https://en.algorithmica.org/hpc/pipelining/branchless/#predication https://en.algorithmica.org/hpc/pipelining/branchless/#predi... for example.