Subject
Computer Science
Topic
Computer Fundamental
What is speculative execution?
What is speculative execution?
a)
Executing instructions before it is certain they are neededb)
Executing only after all branches finishc)
Writing source code automaticallyd)
Disabling the pipelineExplanation
Speculative execution performs predicted future work before the CPU knows whether that path is definitely required.Related questions
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