by Digvijay Singh on Aug 31, 2026 | Tags: branch prediction
This is the second (and final) post in the series covering the Next Generation Branch Prediction Champtionship (CBP-NG). Part-I details the provided infrastructure and the winning submissions. Distilled Branch Predictors (Simha Sethumadhavan – Columbia...
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by Digvijay Singh on Aug 28, 2026 | Tags: branch prediction
Background The Next Generation Branch Prediction Championship (CBP-NG) aimed to address practical implementation challenges in branch prediction, moving beyond metrics used in earlier iterations. By emphasizing energy-adjusted performance—incorporating throughput,...
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by Alhad Daftardar, Brendan Sweezy, Brandon Reagen on Aug 13, 2026 | Tags: Cryptography, Emerging Applications, Privacy-preserving Computing, Security, Verifiable Computing, Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Zero-Knowledge Proofs As conversations about LLMs continue to dominate computer science, the cryptographic community has been abuzz around a different three letter acronym: ZKP. Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) allow a prover to convince a verifier that a statement is...
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