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... any more. It's not a category that can't exist, it just doesn't have any members right now.
by Avshalom 9y ago
... any more.
It's not a category that can't exist, it just doesn't have any members right now.
- mattnewport 9y agoIt actually can't exist at all for current modern CPUs (x64/ARM/PowerPC) since they don't expose a programming interface for many of the things discussed in the article (speculative / out of order execution, register renaming, full cache control).
- Avshalom 9y agoYeah but it can for all sorts of microcontroller-y chips; embedded CPUs; DSPs; theoretical future CPUs that aren't trying to both act like a PDP11 and go faster every year...