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State what branch prediction is and give an example.  

State what branch prediction is and give an example.  

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Branch prediction is a technique in Computer Architecture that is used to guess the way a branch will go before the actual result (or) A branch predictor in a processor attempts to guess the outcome of a conditional operation before the most likely result(or) branch prediction is the ability to guess the way a branch will execute. It is used to improve the flow of instruction pipeline.

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It is a two bit branch prediction for looping

BRANCH TAHEN MlITIAL BRANEH NOT TAKEN PREDICTION TA KeN TAKEN BRANC H BRAtICH TAKEN BRANCH Nor TAKEN TAKEN BRANCH NOT PREDICTION NOT TAKEN NoT tAKeN BRANe NOT TAKEN

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