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title: "Loops and Conditionals"
summary: "Loops and Conditionals: a page of the HPC note."
date: 2026-09-11
author: hpcnotes
kind: note
parent: hpc-architecture
order: 2
tags: hpc
draft: false
---

A mispredicted branch is a pipeline flush. Flatten the hot path; keep the rare path cold.