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		peterfirefly 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Understand CPU Branch Instructions Better They don't even always do that anymore.

IshKebab 7 months ago [–]

Depends what you mean by "retire" but by the normal definition they always retire in order, even in OoO CPUs. You might be thinking of writeback.

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