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> I see that you do not understand that an emulated popcount instruction would be worse than useless. Where do you read that I'm talking about emulating popcou

> I see that you do not understand that an emulated popcount instruction would be worse than useless. Where do you read that I'm talking about emulating popcount in software? I mean exactly the opposite. If you need to support all B, or a subgroup of B, you can choose to put popcount in hardware and emulate the other instructions. > If you found anything I said surprising This is neither a source nor an argument.

ncmncm 6y ago
Yet, it remains a fact. If you know of any chips in production that implement the Bitmanip extension, you have been free all along to mention them.
- avianes 6y ago
  I never claimed that RISC-V was ready to go in production. The RISC-V spec is not finished yet. A lot of pieces are still missing to make a serious ARM or x86 competitor.
  - ncmncm 6y ago
    Which part of "a good while" are you confused about?
jlokier 6y ago
> Where do you read that I'm talking about emulating popcount in software? I mean exactly the opposite. Because you wrote this: > Did you know that it's stipulated in the RISC-V spec that instructions not present in the hardware can be emulated in software? apparently in reference to the B extension which includes popcount.