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Despite the speedup achieved by processors with a branch-target buffer, not only do processors without such a buffer remain in production, new processor designs without this enhancement are still developed. Yet, once the FFT became known, the DFT was abandoned. Certainly, the speedup is desirable, generally. What reasons can you think of to explain this asymmetry in the use of a hardware enhancement and a software enhancement, and what does your answer say about the economics of hardware an...