For those that are mainly software-oriented, the Lighterra overview posted earlier is helpful background for understanding where VLIW fits into the zoo of CPU a

For those that are mainly software-oriented, the Lighterra overview posted earlier is helpful background for understanding where VLIW fits into the zoo of CPU architectures: http://www.lighterra.com/papers/modernmicroprocessors/ http://www.lighterra.com/papers/modernmicroprocessors/