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It depended on compilers smart enough to make not-parallel-friendly code run well in parallel. In a way that would outpace the price/performance growth curve o
by tyingq 5y ago
It depended on compilers smart enough to make not-parallel-friendly code run well in parallel. In a way that would outpace the price/performance growth curve of the (somewhat new at the time) x86-64 CPUs.
The compilers never fully delivered on that. X86-64 just beat them with process size and clock speed on a less elegant architecture.
- marcosdumay 5y agoWell, I'd say that whether VLIW is more elegant than OoO is a matter of subjective opinion.
- guenthert 5y agoElegance might be in the eye of the beholder, security is not.