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Article #13468Re: Word vs. Byte Orientation; some kernel #s
From: John Mashey
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1987 02:34
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1987 02:34
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In article <16295@amdcad.AMD.COM> bcase@amdcad.UUCP (Brian Case) writes:
....notes on where dropoff is on extra register utility....
>One of the things I know for sure is that some potential Am29000 users
>are really happy about the large register file, but not necessarily
>because of its ability to implement a stack cache.
This certainly seems reasonable, in that I can think of some
controller applications where the use of multiple register sets
may be quite useful. As I've noted earlier, our analyses didn't
seem to indciate that as a good tradeoff for general-purpose systems.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!pyramid!prls!mips!mash From: mash@mips.UUCP (John Mashey) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Word vs. Byte Orientation; some kernel #s Message-ID: <335@winchester.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Apr-87 21:34:53 EST Article-I.D.: winchest.335 Posted: Wed Apr 22 21:34:53 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Apr-87 01:05:27 EST References: <16122@amdcad.AMD.COM> <311@winchester.UUCP> <16295@amdcad.AMD.COM> Reply-To: mash@winchester.UUCP (John Mashey) Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 14