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Bonnell has a branch predictor: https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/intel/microarchitectures/bonnell#Branch_predictor https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/intel/microarchitect
by bsoft16385 4y ago
Bonnell has a branch predictor:
https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/intel/microarchitectures/bonnell#Branch_predictor https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/intel/microarchitectures/bonnel...
In-order execution does not mean that there is no branch prediction, it just means that the number of instructions speculated is much smaller.
- justsomehnguy 4y agoYes, it would be quite strange not to add it at all, especially since it was available since Pentium days. No, it is not comparable with a 'proper' CPUs because it was still gutted hard. IMMSMV all that stuff consumes a lot of die space, so it makes sense to throw it out if the performance is enough.