Why Trees Without Branches Grow Faster: The Case for Reducing Branches in Code
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Branches in code can significantly impact CPU efficiency by disrupting instruction pipelining and causing pipeline stalls. To improve performance, developers can reduce branches by using boolean arithmetic, generating specialized code, and leveraging CPU branch prediction, potentially yielding over 50% speed improvements in some cases.
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