Isn’t it? I mean 12 stage pipeline has a very specific meaning to me in this area, and is not a new way of describing something. The release notes description sounds like a multi stage pipeline.
Do you know this kind of area and are commenting on the code?
What is this recent (clanker-fueled?) obsession to give everything fancy computer-y names with high numbers?
It's not a '12 stage pipeline', it's just an algorithm.