• In computer architecture, a branch target predictor is the part of a processor that predicts the target, i.e., the address of the instruction that is...
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    definitively. The purpose of the branch predictor is to improve the flow in the instruction pipeline. Branch predictors play a critical role in achieving...
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  • Classic RISC pipeline § Hazards Speculative execution Branch delay slot Branch predication Branch predictor Race condition Patterson & Hennessy 2009, p. 335...
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  • is the same as that for caches (one speaks of a hit in a branch predictor), but predictors are not generally thought of as part of the cache hierarchy...
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  • (MMU) Load–store unit Translation lookaside buffer (TLB) Branch predictor Branch target predictor Integrated memory controller (IMC) Memory management unit...
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  • utility. Recent attacks have used information leaked by the CPU branch target predictor buffer (BTB) or memory management unit (MMU) walking page tables...
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  • (MMU) Load–store unit Translation lookaside buffer (TLB) Branch predictor Branch target predictor Integrated memory controller (IMC) Memory management unit...
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  • target address is to be found (e.g., a register or memory location), or it specifies the difference between the current and target addresses. Branch instructions...
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  • (MMU) Load–store unit Translation lookaside buffer (TLB) Branch predictor Branch target predictor Integrated memory controller (IMC) Memory management unit...
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  • instruction cache. Branch prediction and the branch prediction buffer Branch target predictor and the branch target buffer Branch delay slot Instruction...
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    implement multiple-precision arithmetic) and for controlling conditional branching. The bit registers that store the status output signals are often collectively...
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  • (MMU) Load–store unit Translation lookaside buffer (TLB) Branch predictor Branch target predictor Integrated memory controller (IMC) Memory management unit...
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  • Fast Store Forwarding Predictor, 8 Feb 2022. Archived on 6 Apr 2024. Intel, Branch History Injection and Intra-mode Branch Target Injection / CVE-2022-0001...
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  • (MMU) Load–store unit Translation lookaside buffer (TLB) Branch predictor Branch target predictor Integrated memory controller (IMC) Memory management unit...
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  • (MMU) Load–store unit Translation lookaside buffer (TLB) Branch predictor Branch target predictor Integrated memory controller (IMC) Memory management unit...
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    Target Corporation, or simply Target, is an American retail corporation that operates a chain of discount department stores and hypermarkets, headquartered...
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  • (MMU) Load–store unit Translation lookaside buffer (TLB) Branch predictor Branch target predictor Integrated memory controller (IMC) Memory management unit...
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  • attacker calls the Pacman gadget many times with condition = true. The branch predictor is now trained to guess that the condition is true on subsequent calls...
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  • TLB 2-level dynamic predictor with Branch Target Buffer (BTB) for fast target generation Static branch predictor Indirect predictor Return stack In January...
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  • analogous to branch prediction for conditional branch instructions. In branch prediction, the branch predictor predicts which way the branch will resolve...
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  • Branch prediction has been strengthened in Lion Cove with the core's prediction block being 8 times wider than Redwood Cove. The branch predictor in...
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    can be predicted, for example in much of quantum physics. In microprocessors, branch prediction permits avoidance of pipeline emptying at branch instructions...
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    mechanical analogue computer – the Predictor AA No 1. Given the target height, its operators tracked the target and the predictor produced bearing, quadrant elevation...
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    to branch prediction are the most significant divergence from any previous Zen microarchitecture. The branch predictor in a core tries to predict the...
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    ("approximates") a target function[citation needed] in a task-specific way.[better source needed] The need for function approximations arises in many branches of applied...
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    feeds—Sentient is said to anticipate future events, prioritize targets, and serve as the predictive core of the NRO's Future Ground Architecture. Development...
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  • Regionalized TLB and μBTB tagging Small-offset branch-target optimizations Suppression of superfluous branch predictor accesses Broadcom BCM2711 (used in Raspberry...
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  • In biology, a branched DNA assay is a signal amplification assay (as opposed to a target amplification assay) that is used to detect nucleic acid molecules...
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