Which mechanism limits computational speed when executing numerous conditional branching functions in a CPU design?

💡 Explanation

When a CPU executes multiple conditional branching functions, branch prediction is needed, but incorrect predictions cause pipeline stalls because the CPU must flush incorrect instructions from the pipeline and fetch to the correct address. Therefore pipeline stalling limits speed, rather than thermal resistance, electromigration, or clock skew that arise from different physical limitations.

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