Chapter 4 Introduction
Chapter 4 Introduction
Chapter 4 Introduction
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Morgan Kaufmann Publishers 31 January 2013Branch Predictionn Longer pipelines cannotreadily determine branch outcome earlyn Stall penalty becomes unacceptablen Predict outcome of branchn Only stall if prediction is wrongn In MIPS pipelinen Can predict branches not takenn Fetch instruction after branch, with no delayCSE 420 <strong>Chapter</strong> 4 — The Processor — 45MIPS with Predict Not TakenPredictioncorrectPredictionincorrectCSE 420 <strong>Chapter</strong> 4 — The Processor — 46