Branch prediction

95% Branch Prediction Accuracy https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/2005/CompArch/mpr-branchpredict.pdf 22 comments 28/6/2021 compilers

I was bitten by my CPU's branch prediction. https://github.com/miguel-r-s/bitcounting/blob/master/readme.md#bitten-by-my-cpus-branch-prediction 49 comments 1/5/2018 programming

Another Branch Prediction Attack https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/03/another_branch_.html 36 comments 25/4/2018 programming

As predicted, more branch prediction processor attacks are discovered https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/03/its-not-just-spectre-researchers-reveal-more-branch-prediction-attacks/ 210 comments 27/3/2018 programming

An intro to branch prediction https://danluu.com/branch-prediction/ 12 comments 27/12/2017 hardware

A history of branch prediction from 1500000 BC to 1995 https://danluu.com/branch-prediction/ 186 comments 23/8/2017 programming

Tuning branch prediction in Haskell https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/849 9 comments 12/2/2016 haskell

What is Branch Prediction? http://stackoverflow.com/a/11227902/1942688 219 comments 29/6/2015 programming

You are the victim of branch prediction fail. http://stackoverflow.com/a/11227902/79109 41 comments 21/3/2014 programming

An Experimental Study of Sorting and Branch Prediction [PDF] http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.157.9149 6 comments 20/7/2012 programming

Benchmarking is hard: processors learn to predict branches https://lemire.me/blog/2019/10/16/benchmarking-is-hard-processors-learn-to-predict-branches/ 9 comments 17/10/2019 programming

Question about branch prediction for clauses that are either `true` for 100% of the time, or `false` for 100% of the time. https://youtu.be/g-WPhYREFjk 8 comments 19/1/2022 cpp

Bank execs predict branch model will be dead within 5 years https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/38328/bank-execs-predict-branch-model-will-be-dead-within-5-years 62 comments 2/7/2021 economy

So... You wanna measure Branch Prediction Hit Rate with BPF and C++? http://www.mycpu.org/writing-bpf-c++/ 5 comments 15/1/2020 cpp

With Muslim population rising in Bengal, RSS predicts its branches will double http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/with-rising-muslim-population-in-bengal-rss-predicts-its-branches-will-double/ 5 comments 16/10/2015 india

Branch Prediction in the new Mill CPU architecture http://ootbcomp.com/docs/prediction/index.html 17 comments 9/12/2013 programming

Branch prediction & how GCC estimates branch frequencies https://kristerw.blogspot.com/2017/02/branch-prediction.html 7 comments 22/2/2017 cpp

Unexpected Ways Memory Subsystem Interacts with Branch Prediction - Johnny's Software Lab https://johnnysswlab.com/unexpected-ways-memory-subsystem-interacts-with-branch-prediction/ 5 comments 27/12/2023 cpp

Branch Prediction - Fundamentals Every Programmer Need Not Know http://www.mycpu.org/branch-prediction-basics/ 7 comments 2/2/2020 cpp

[C++] TIL that you can use likely() and unlikely() to help the compiler with branch prediction http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/branch-prediction-macros-in-gcc/ 55 comments 19/6/2016 programmertil

Branch Prediction and the Performance of Interpreters - Don’t Trust Folklore (PDF) https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01100647/document 9 comments 10/8/2015 programming

Branch Prediction and the Performance of Interpreters - Don’t Trust Folklore (PDF) https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01100647/document 5 comments 10/8/2015 compsci

branch prediction de-mystified http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11227809/why-is-processing-a-sorted-array-faster-than-an-unsorted-array?answertab=active#tab-top 8 comments 7/8/2012 programming

Fast and slow if-statements: branch prediction in modern processors http://igoro.com/archive/fast-and-slow-if-statements-branch-prediction-in-modern-processors/ 76 comments 25/5/2010 programming

Adding a (predictable) branch to existing code can increase branch mispredictions https://lemire.me/blog/2019/11/06/adding-a-predictable-branch-to-existing-code-can-increase-branch-mispredictions/ 11 comments 6/11/2019 programming

Branch Prediction in the new Mill CPU architecture -- a talk by Ivan Godard http://ootbcomp.com/docs/prediction/ 29 comments 9/12/2013 compsci

In addition to branch prediction and caching, what other aspects of modern computer architecture should programmers be aware of when writing efficient code? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/branch_predictor 164 comments 10/11/2013 programming

How Branch Prediction Fails: The Invisible Performance Killer You Didn’t Know About! - Most upvoted stackoverflow, absolute gem https://stackoverflow.com/a/11227902 5 comments 7/9/2024 programming

Instead of a singularity inside black holes, loop quantum gravity predicts a funnel to another branch of the space-time. https://scienmag.com/beyond-einstein/ 24 comments 21/12/2018 science

Found this nice example illustrating gcc's branch prediction annotation: __builtin_expect() http://techblog.zabuchy.net/2006/gcc-optimisation-__builtin_expect/ 28 comments 15/11/2012 programming

Even for small arrays in a cache-line, binary search faster than linear search - because of branch prediction! http://www.pvk.ca/blog/2012/07/03/binary-search-star-eliminates-star-branch-mispredictions/ 99 comments 4/7/2012 programming

Semi-static Conditions in Low-latency C++ for High Frequency Trading: Better than Branch Prediction Hints https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4553439 17 comments 1/9/2023 cpp

Former military operative regularly briefed by intelligence community: a branch of government operating in secret with no oversight running AI software to predict EVERY American's behavior http://911truth.org/article.php?story=20080430182318128 2 comments 1/5/2008 technology