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Intel has spent over 50 years optimizing CPUs for speed, and techniques including caching, branch prediction, and speculative execution reduce predictability.
Dwarkesh Patel · What will computer chips look like in 2045? · 22 Oct 2026
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“Intel has spent over 50 years optimizing its CPUs for speed, but lots of these optimizations, like caching and branch prediction and speculative execution, reduce predictability.”42:25Report a misattribution
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