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Re:Building a More Secure World with the RISC-V ISA by blattimwind on Sunday January 07, 2018 @03:03PM (#16092367)
Using a branch predictor to start execution of a branch is speculative execution.
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Re:Building a More Secure World with the RISC-V ISA by fulafel on Sunday January 07, 2018 @03:38PM (#16092558)
In established computer architecture terminology, speculative execution is reserved for speculating past branches. (Speculation meaning something that may not pan out...)
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