翠星石 on Nostr: npub1z4ppn…z4u3u As far as I can tell, branch-prediction is used because guessing ...

npub1z4ppnl4myf7dr30t6lhdah3d7apdtsa5skwj0lttjl08flyn97rs0z4u3u (npub1z4p…4u3u) As far as I can tell, branch-prediction is used because guessing what's in memory and then executing 500 instructions while you're waiting for the memory to come in is a lot faster that executing a few ones ahead while you're waiting.

Also, according to wikipedia: Load delay slots are very uncommon because load delays are highly unpredictable on modern hardware.