Overriding (multi-level) branch predictor

Tag: overriding-predictor

Aliases: overriding predictor, override scheme

A two-level predictor organisation in which a fast, simple predictor produces an initial prediction every cycle while a slower, more accurate predictor runs in the background; if the two disagree the wrong-path instructions are squashed and refetched using the misprediction recovery mechanism.

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