%accuracy:>98%:>95%: *90.35%: 1/11: 3/11: bimodal branch prediction with 13 entry bits *90.44%: 1/11: 3/11: bimodal branch prediction with 12 entry bits *93.23%: 2/11: 4/11: perceptron using 9 lower bits and 7 history bits *93.28%: 3/11: 6/11: perceptronC using 5 lower bits 4-way and 24 history bits *93.31%: 3/11: 6/11: perceptronB using 5 lower bits 4-way and 27 history bits *93.45%: 4/11: 6/11: perceptronA using 5 lower bits 4-way and 30 history bits *93.77%: 3/11: 4/11: local branch prediction with shared history 12 entry bits and 6 history bits *94.67%: 3/11: 5/11: local branch prediction with shared history 13 entry bits and 8 history bits *95.18%: 5/11: 6/11: perceptron using 6 lower bits and 63 history bits *95.20%: 5/11: 6/11: perceptron using 6 lower bits and 64 history bits *95.37%: 3/11: 7/11: perceptron using 8 lower bits and 16 history bits *95.37%: 5/11: 7/11: combined local branch prediction (shared history) + perceptron with 6 lower bits and 62 global history bits and 8 local history bits *95.68%: 5/11: 7/11: perceptron using 7 lower bits and 31 history bits *95.69%: 5/11: 7/11: 11/11 perceptron using 7 lower bits and 32 history bits <-- winner *95.84%: 4/11: 7/11: 9/11 combined local branch prediction (shared history) + perceptron with 7 lower bits and 29 global history bits and 8 local history bits 96.96%: 5/11: 8/11: perceptron using 13 lower bits and 64 history bits 97.33%: 5/11: 8/11: combined local branch prediction (shared history) + perceptron with 13 lower bits and 64 global history bits and 8 local history bits ** stats before weighting each benchmark equally ** 90.83%: local branch prediction with shared history using 13 entry bits and 2 history bits and default counter strongly not taken 91.27%: bimodial branch prediction using 13 lower bits default weakly taken 91.59%: bimodial branch prediction using 13 lower bits default weakly not taken 91.65%: bimodial branch prediction using 13 lower bits default strongly not taken 94.44%: perceptron using 13 lower bits and 8 history bits 95.04%: local branch prediction with shared history using 13 entry bits and 8 history bits and default counter strongly not taken 95.04% local branch prediction with separate history using 13 entry bits and 4 history bits and smart default counter 95.66% local branch prediction with separate history using 13 entry bits and 8 history bits and smart default counter 95.85%: perceptron using 13 lower bits and 32 history bits 96.07%: perceptron using 13 lower bits and 64 history bits 96.59%: combined local branch prediction (shared history) + perceptron with 13 lower bits and 64 global history bits and 8 local history bits ** before bug fix which enabled the local branch prediction as intended ** 94.46%: local branch prediction with separate history using 13 entry bits and 2 history bits and smart default counter 94.83%: local branch prediction with separate history using 13 entry bits and 3 history bits and smart default counter 95.23%: local branch prediction with separate history using 13 entry bits and 5 history bits and smart default counter 95.37%: local branch prediction with separate history using 13 entry bits and 6 history bits and smart default counter