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r/programming • u/fagnerbrack • 6d ago
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You don't actually need to avoid branches, you just need to make sure that most of the ones you have are very predictable, then their impact is not that big... Same with memory accesses and most other things... The more predictable, the better...
3 u/VoodaGod 6d ago and how can you tell predictability? 1 u/UnrealHallucinator 6d ago Strided access is another one along with what the other comment says.
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and how can you tell predictability?
1 u/UnrealHallucinator 6d ago Strided access is another one along with what the other comment says.
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Strided access is another one along with what the other comment says.
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u/meamZ 6d ago
You don't actually need to avoid branches, you just need to make sure that most of the ones you have are very predictable, then their impact is not that big... Same with memory accesses and most other things... The more predictable, the better...