Where can we optimize? (control)

• CPI contributed by control stalls can be decreased by

  • compiler optimizations
    • Reduce the number of branches: loop unrolling
  • Speculative execution
    • Static (software) or dynamic (hardware) branch prediction
    • Code movement : execute instructions before knowing that they will need to be executed (beware of exceptions)
    • Predication

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