Category Archives: Branch Prediction

Why TAGE is the best

The TAGE branch predictor by AndrĂ© Seznec and Pierre Michaud is the best branch predictor today, winning the last two branch predictor competitions (CBP2 and CBP3). It was introduced in a 2006 paper: A case for (partially) tagged Geometric History … Continue reading

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