Optimizing delayed branches
Published in ACM SIGMICRO newsletter/SIGMICRO newsletter/SIGMICRO, TCMICRO newsletter • Dec 1, 1982
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Authors:,
Thomas R. Gross
John L. Hennessy
Abstract
Delayed branches are commonly found in micro-architectures. A compiler or assembler can exploit delayed branches. This is achieved by moving code from one of several points to the positions following the branch instruction. We present several strategies for moving code to utilize the branch delay, a...
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