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