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Branch Handling, Pipeline Flush, and Redirect Timing: Review Checklist
Review Checklist for Branch Handling, Pipeline Flush, and Redirect Timing.
Review checklist
Review Checklist for Branch Handling, Pipeline Flush, and Redirect Timing is anchored on Branch mispredict penalty in cycles, wrong-path retire count (target zero), and redirect latency from resolve to fetch restart.. Convert observations into mechanism-backed decisions with explicit ownership.
Workload scope and KPI targets are explicit.
Environment metadata is locked and reproducible.
Mechanism classification is evidence-backed.
Owner and rollback conditions are documented.
Validation matrix covers correctness, perf, and power.
Owners signed: CPU microarchitecture lead, frontend and fetch owner, RTL implementation owner, verification lead, performance modeling owner.