The prediction that is based on a statistical assumption that the majority of backward branches occur in repetitive loops is
(a) static prediction
(b) dynamic prediction
(c) branch prediction
(d) none
I got this question in semester exam.
My question is taken from Netburst Microarchitecture For Pentium4 -2, Instruction Translation Lookaside Buffer (ITLB) and Branch Prediction topic in portion Pentium 4 processor of Microprocessor