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This was a fun article I was astonished that you could fit all eight of those function types in to only 320 instructions!
by systemBuilder 5y ago
This was a fun article I was astonished that you could fit all eight of those function types in to only 320 instructions!
- kens 5y agoYes, I was curious and a bit skeptical when I heard that they fit these scientific operations into 320 instructions. That's what motivated me to look at the chip in detail, to see how they did it.
- IMAYousaf 5y agoDo you have any good suggested reading material on how to look at chips in the way that you mean? I have no knowledge when it comes to this type of hardware.
- kens 5y agoFor understanding chips of that era, one good source is Introduction to VLSI Systems, which has a PDF at: https://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/VLSI/VLSIText/PP-V2/V2.pdf https://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/VLSI/VLSIText/PP-V2/...