An interactive concept flow for branch prediction and exposing parallel work, from its assumptions through the main operation and boundary checks.
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readyBranches make program control depend on data. A modern CPU predicts likely directions so it can keep fetching instructions before the condition is fully resolved. Correct predictions preserve pipeline flow; incorrect ones require discarding speculative work and refilling parts of the pipeline.
Use the stages in order to explain branch prediction and exposing parallel work. Each stage makes one assumption visible: what the operation promises, what representation it uses, how state changes, which boundary can invalidate a shortcut, and what evidence confirms the result.
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