Zero condition code detection for early resolution of BCs and BCRs (in pipeline machines)
J.J. Losq, G. S. K. RAO · OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 1982
The introduction of comparator circuitry provides a way to decrease the overall branch penalty for pipeline machines by providing a way to resolve branch conditions (BCs) and branch condition registers (BCRs) much earlier.