Stop the instruction set war

By: Agner (www.agner.org.delete@this.nospam.no), December 5, 2009 9:30 am
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The evolution of the x86 instruction set is completely chaotic. Intel and AMD are competing to make new instructions for the same purpose and the result is incompatibility. For example, the virtualization instructions are not compatible.
We need a transparent decision process and an open standardization of new instruction codes. Please see my analysis at http://www.agner.org/optimize/blog/read.php?i=25
Comments are welcome.
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Stop the instruction set warAgner12/05/09 09:30 AM
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                    Stop the instruction set warDavid Hess12/09/09 05:50 AM
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                  OT: SF future of computinghobold12/10/09 08:45 AM
          Stop the instruction set warWilco12/08/09 05:57 PM
            Stop the instruction set warnone12/09/09 08:29 AM
          Stop the instruction set warGabriele Svelto12/09/09 06:00 AM
      Stop the instruction set warsomeone12/08/09 09:03 AM
        Stop the instruction set warMichael S12/08/09 09:28 AM
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            Stop the instruction set warMichael S12/08/09 11:15 AM
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      ARM-64hobold12/08/09 06:03 AM
        ARM-64Wilco12/08/09 04:44 PM
          ARM-64EduardoS12/08/09 05:15 PM
            ARM-64Wilco12/08/09 06:02 PM
          ARM-64hobold12/08/09 06:43 PM
            ARM-64Richard Cownie12/08/09 07:45 PM
              ARM-64Wilco12/09/09 05:39 AM
                case against more registersRichard Cownie12/09/09 09:41 AM
                  case for more registersWilco12/09/09 04:02 PM
                    case for more registersRichard Cownie12/09/09 05:29 PM
                      case for more registersGabriele Svelto12/10/09 03:59 AM
                        case for more registersWilco12/10/09 04:54 AM
                          case for more registersRichard Cownie12/10/09 07:47 AM
                      case for more registersNoThanks12/10/09 04:39 AM
                ARM-64anon12/09/09 07:21 PM
                  I'm anon@anon.com, pick something else :) (NT)anon12/09/09 10:55 PM
                    Can he email you with his choice? (NT)Dean Kent12/10/09 02:28 PM
                  ARM-64Wilco12/10/09 05:14 AM
                    ARM-64Richard Cownie12/10/09 08:13 AM
            ARM-64Gabriele Svelto12/09/09 06:46 AM
              ARM-64Richard Cownie12/09/09 08:15 AM
                ARM-64Gabriele Svelto12/10/09 03:38 AM
            ARM design mistakesMax12/10/09 12:02 AM
              ARM design mistakesDavid Wragg12/10/09 06:40 AM
                ARM design mistakesRichard Cownie12/10/09 07:59 AM
              ARM design mistakesRichard Cownie12/10/09 08:34 AM
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