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> advanced branch prediction is probably not free

I wouldn't be surprised that in this particular case it's even more about the patents and the possibility to have an advantage to the competition than the silicon. Anybody knows if there is a patent? If there is, who holds it? How much would the CPU which would implement that method cost more?




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