[SillyUsername]

Superscaler architecture and branch prediction was the next big thing mid 90s. If you've not heard of it then that might be because it's now considered elementary in processor design.

[SillyUsername]

Forgot to mention, here's a nice primer: https://danluu.com/branch-prediction/

[a_void_sky]

it "should" be elementary but it isn't, I got the idea to publish something on this because I recently had a conversation with a few new hires