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According to the CTO, 80% of software operations are loops (https://youtu.be/QGw-cy0ylCc?t=454)? I need convincing of that before I watch the rest of the talk. I suspect it would be a fundamental premise for the architecture of the chip. If it's not true, the stats are probably skewed for an unusual benchmark.

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100% of software operations are loops, it's just that some of them are only run once ;)

Joking aside, computers help us handle loops more efficiently; that's it. The 20% "non-loop operations" are just the fabric that tie the loops together.

Their docs say that in most programs, 80% of executed operations are in loops, which makes sense.

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