Branch Prediction as a Reinforcement Learning Problem: Why, How and Case Studies

no code implementations • 25 Jun 2021 • Anastasios Zouzias, Kleovoulos Kalaitzidis, Boris Grot

Recent years have seen stagnating improvements to branch predictor (BP) efficacy and a dearth of fresh ideas in branch predictor design, calling for fresh thinking in this area.

reinforcement-learning Reinforcement Learning (RL)