On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 10:10:50 +0100
druck  wrote:

> ARM tackled pipe-lining issues in in Aarch32 by eliminating the need for
> most small branches by using conditional instructions, which was great
> when programming by hand. This has been deprecated by better branch
> prediction

 If memory serves correctly one reason for the conditional
instructions was that it made it possible to do a pipelined 32 bit
processor with a very low transistor count more like that of a 16 bit
processor.

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