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+title = "Store Heuristic"
+date = "2022-05-11"
+author = "Yann Herklotz"
+tags = []
+categories = []
+backlinks = ["1c2h4"]
+forwardlinks = ["1c2h6"]
+zettelid = "1c2h5"
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+> The successor block contains a store instruction and does not
+> postdominate the branch. If the heuristic applies, predict the
+> successor *without* the property.
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+This says that one should not predict that one will perform a store.
+This is in general not such a great heuristic, but apparently it does
+work well for floating point intensive applications.