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Article #22448Re: Handling mis-alignment (was Re: RISC Machine Data Structure Word Alignment Problems?
From: Stephen Tihor
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1990 19:48
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1990 19:48
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A barrel shifter does not make you un-RISC. "RISC"ishness is if you figure out how often you use it and how, and put it somewhere that gives maximum utility for the investment given the alternative investments. Perhaps you put it somewhere that real estate isn't so expensive such as off chip, nearer the I/O devices, unless there are other applications that justify it being near chip.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!mintaka!yale!cmcl2!acf4!tihor From: tihor@acf4.NYU.EDU (Stephen Tihor) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Handling mis-alignment (was Re: RISC Machine Data Structure Word Alignment Problems? Message-ID: <12780028@acf4.NYU.EDU> Date: 13 Feb 90 19:48:00 GMT References: <2038@bnr-rsc.UUCP> Organization: New York University Lines: 6