[CST-2] Comparative Architectures

[Alvin]

Not quite sure that's correct...  Surely all instruction's execution depend
on the bits stored with the instruction, and I don't think you can change
the bits of an instruction depending on certain conditions.

Anyway, predicated instructions and conditional instructions both refer to
the same chapter in Computer Architecture: A quantitative approach.  I'm
happy to take that as the final word.

Alvin

> Predicated execution depends on a set of bits stored with the
> instruction, whereas conditional moves depend on flags or a nominated
> register.
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