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x86-64 chips have hundreds of general purpose registers; google "register renaming"
by unsigner 10y ago
x86-64 chips have hundreds of general purpose registers; google "register renaming"
- vardump 10y agoHardly relevant in (obvious) interrupt service routine context. These registers you're talking about are only used for reordering instruction stream to avoid stalls. Nice for general performance, but useless when servicing interrupts.