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The article is talking about OoO which is why I mentioned it. My point is that branch prediction and speculative execution are different things. You can do spec
by gary_0 1y ago
The article is talking about OoO which is why I mentioned it. My point is that branch prediction and speculative execution are different things. You can do speculative execution without a branch predictor (run both branches and throw out the one that's wrong).
- Arnavion 1y agoYou're right, I missed the article specifically mentions Meltdown in that sentence, not Spectre.