According to one or more embodiments, the IOM 13 in processor 10 includes additional circuits and logic that facilitate efficiently flushing {HEAD ~ the lower pipeline} upon {TAIL ~ discovery} of a mispredicted branch instruction 
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According to one or more embodiments , the IOM 13 in processor 10 includes additional circuits and logic that facilitate efficiently flushing { HEAD ~ the lower pipeline } upon { TAIL ~ discovery } of a mispredicted branch instruction
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