Practice - Branch Prediction
Practice Questions
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What is branch prediction?
💡 Hint: Think about the problem that stems from branches.
What does the Branch Target Buffer (BTB) do?
💡 Hint: Focus on the buffer's purpose in relation to branches.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What is the main purpose of branch prediction?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when a branch instruction is hit in a pipeline.
True or False: A misprediction requires the pipeline to flush.
💡 Hint: Think about what happens to executed instructions after a wrong prediction.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a simple algorithm for a branch predictor that uses basic outcome tracking.
💡 Hint: Think about tracking just one possibility.
Explain how varying branch instruction patterns could lead to effectiveness or challenges for a simple predictor.
💡 Hint: Consider the stability of predictions during changes in execution flow.
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