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Re:Intel demonstrates a 28-core processor running at 5GHz by stephengillie on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @09:28AM (#17237371)
Doesn't the success of hyperthreading depend on the ineffectiveness of branch prediction?
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Re:Intel demonstrates a 28-core processor running at 5GHz by wmf on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @10:52AM (#17238191)
No, a thread can still have low IPC even if every branch is correctly predicted.
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