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Forth is a flexible language used in embedded systems. In this paper we present a novel soft core that executes native Forth, including floating-point operations, and uses branch prediction for fast execution. The core is designed to be a replacement of an embedded controller running Forth in a VM. The branch prediction architecture was created specifically for literal, call-returns, and jump instructions,...