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This paper presents an efficient technique to analyze finite-state machines to determine an optimal one for branch prediction. It also presents results from using this technique to determine optimal 4-state branch predictors for applications in the SPEC89 benchmark suite running on the IBM RS/6000. The paper concludes that the simple 2-bit counter is the only machine that performs consistently well and close to the optimal over all applications. © 1995 IEEE
Ravi Nair, C. Leonard Berman, et al.
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
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