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Article #13101Re: register window machine questions
From: jay
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1987 20:02
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1987 20:02
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In article <14986@amdcad.UUCP>, bcase@amdcad.UUCP (Brian Case) writes: > In article <7284@boring.mcvax.cwi.nl> jack@boring.UUCP (Jack Jansen) writes: > > > >Something that I would be very interested in is wether there > >is any research done into machines with an unlimited register > >file. > > Close, but not quite, the C Machine Stack Cache. See SIGARCH/SIGPLAN > notices, vol. 17, no. 4, April 1982. It seems like a waste to have a machine with unlimited registers. At any given point there is only one set of registers active and other registers are just sitting there. Instead, a better idea would be to limit the number of windows to, say two or three and do loads and stores if you exceed the number of available windows. It might be a wothwhile experiment to find out how many windows are optimum for running UNIX. Jay
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!lll-lcc!pyramid!voder!jay From: jay@voder.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: register window machine questions Message-ID: <2857@voder.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Feb-87 15:02:42 EST Article-I.D.: voder.2857 Posted: Fri Feb 27 15:02:42 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 1-Mar-87 11:03:56 EST References: <4376@columbia.UUCP> <7284@boring.mcvax.cwi.nl> <14986@amdcad.UUCP> Organization: National Semiconductor, Santa Clara Lines: 18 Summary: register window machine questions