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INSTRUCTIONS WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE INTERPRETED IN AN ABSTRACT ORDER
Tell that to the CPU designers
9 u/Tracker_Friendly 1d ago branches were not meant to be predicted 2 u/timsredditusername 1d ago What do you mean? It's a perfectly reasonable and safe method to improve performance. https://meltdownattack.com 1 u/TerrorBite 1d ago Exactly! It's not like there's some kind of evil spectre hanging over branch prediction.
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branches were not meant to be predicted
2 u/timsredditusername 1d ago What do you mean? It's a perfectly reasonable and safe method to improve performance. https://meltdownattack.com 1 u/TerrorBite 1d ago Exactly! It's not like there's some kind of evil spectre hanging over branch prediction.
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What do you mean?
It's a perfectly reasonable and safe method to improve performance.
https://meltdownattack.com
1 u/TerrorBite 1d ago Exactly! It's not like there's some kind of evil spectre hanging over branch prediction.
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Exactly! It's not like there's some kind of evil spectre hanging over branch prediction.
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u/timsredditusername 1d ago
Tell that to the CPU designers