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Branch (computer science)

A branch, jump or transfer is an instruction in a computer program that can cause a computer to begin executing a different instruction sequence and thus deviate from its default behavior of executing instructions in order. Branch (or branching, branched) may also refer to the act of switching execution to a different instruction sequence as a result of…

Implementation, Improving performance by reducing stalls from branches & Performance problems with branch instructions

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Implementation

CPUProgram counterMemory addressSubroutinesData structure
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Improving performance by reducing stalls from branches

Power ISABranch predictorsBitwise operationsConditional movesPredication
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Performance problems with branch instructions

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Computer programControl flow
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Branch (computer science)

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples2
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

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branch instruction instructions conditional may program sequence jump branches register also pc condition code used address different depending cpu machine

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GOTO are used to unconditionally jump to a different instruction sequenceinstance ofUnconditional branch instructions0.80text
jump if overflow-flag setinstance ofThe stored condition is then used in a branch0.80text

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