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Re:AMD ships microcode update to disable some branch prediction by pertymcpert on Friday January 05, 2018 @09:04PM (#16083419)
Not if it's a known constant trip count, then you can fully unroll it. No more branches!

If the trip count isn't known at compile time? You should find out.

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