Taming Wild Branches: Overcoming Hard-to-Predict Branches using the Bullseye Predictor

Emet Behrendt, Shing Wai Pun, Prashant J. Nair

Branch prediction is key to the performance of out-of-order processors. While the CBP-2016 winner TAGE-SC-L combines geometric-history tables, a statistical corrector, and a loop p…