By: Gabriele Svelto (gabriele.svelto.delete@this.gmail.com), December 22, 2018 2:09 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Wilco (Wilco.dijkstra.delete@this.ntlworld.com) on December 21, 2018 3:43 pm wrote:
> That's not true - besides reducing I-cache misses, you also get a wider decode and rename for
> free.
You'd be right if cracking was free, but it isn't. Cracked instructions impose limits on what other instructions can be decoded in the same cycle and IIRC even POWER9's decoders can deal with only one cracked instruction per cycle per thread. In the end it's a compromise.
> That's not true - besides reducing I-cache misses, you also get a wider decode and rename for
> free.
You'd be right if cracking was free, but it isn't. Cracked instructions impose limits on what other instructions can be decoded in the same cycle and IIRC even POWER9's decoders can deal with only one cracked instruction per cycle per thread. In the end it's a compromise.
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RISC-V gut feelings | Konrad Schwarz | 2018/12/20 04:30 AM |
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RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Wilco | 2018/12/20 01:31 PM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Travis Downs | 2018/12/20 02:18 PM |
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RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Ronald Maas | 2018/12/21 09:35 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | juanrga | 2018/12/21 10:28 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Maynard Handley | 2018/12/21 02:39 PM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | anon | 2018/12/21 03:38 PM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | juanrga | 2018/12/23 04:39 AM |
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RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | juanrga | 2018/12/23 04:44 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Wilco | 2018/12/23 06:21 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Michael S | 2018/12/20 03:24 PM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | anon | 2018/12/20 04:22 PM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Travis Downs | 2018/12/21 06:16 PM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | anon | 2018/12/22 03:53 AM |
Execution runtimes and Spectre | Foo_ | 2018/12/22 06:02 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Adrian | 2018/12/20 08:51 PM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Doug S | 2018/12/20 11:10 PM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Adrian | 2018/12/20 11:38 PM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Michael S | 2018/12/21 02:31 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Adrian | 2018/12/21 03:23 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | random person | 2018/12/21 02:04 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | dmcq | 2018/12/21 04:27 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | juanrga | 2018/12/21 10:36 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Doug S | 2018/12/21 12:02 PM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | juanrga | 2018/12/21 10:23 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Adrian | 2018/12/20 11:21 PM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | anon | 2018/12/21 01:48 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Adrian | 2018/12/21 03:44 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | anon | 2018/12/21 05:24 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Adrian | 2018/12/21 04:09 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Wilco | 2018/12/21 04:28 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Michael S | 2018/12/21 02:27 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Gabriele Svelto | 2018/12/21 01:09 PM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Maynard Handley | 2018/12/21 02:58 PM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Wilco | 2018/12/21 03:43 PM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Travis Downs | 2018/12/21 05:45 PM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Wilco | 2018/12/22 04:37 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Travis Downs | 2018/12/22 06:54 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Wilco | 2018/12/22 10:32 AM |
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Cracking is not free | Wilco | 2018/12/22 04:32 AM |
Cracking is not free | Travis Downs | 2018/12/22 07:07 AM |
Cracking is not free | Wilco | 2018/12/22 07:38 AM |
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Cracking is not free | Wilco | 2018/12/22 10:24 AM |
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Cracking is not free | Michael S | 2018/12/23 08:09 AM |
Cracking is not free | Gabriele Svelto | 2018/12/26 02:53 PM |
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RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Seni | 2018/12/21 02:33 PM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Wilco | 2018/12/21 03:33 PM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Travis Downs | 2018/12/21 05:49 PM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Wilco | 2018/12/22 04:58 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Travis Downs | 2018/12/22 07:03 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Wilco | 2018/12/22 07:22 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Travis Downs | 2018/12/22 07:40 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | dmcq | 2018/12/21 03:57 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Konrad Schwarz | 2018/12/21 02:25 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | j | 2018/12/21 10:46 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Travis Downs | 2018/12/21 06:08 PM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | dmcq | 2018/12/22 07:45 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Travis Downs | 2018/12/22 07:50 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | Michael S | 2018/12/22 08:15 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | dmcq | 2018/12/22 10:41 AM |
RISC-V inferior to ARMv8 | AnonQ | 2018/12/22 08:13 AM |
RISC-V gut feelings | dmcq | 2018/12/20 07:41 AM |
RISC-V initial take | Konrad Schwarz | 2018/12/21 02:17 AM |
RISC-V initial take | dmcq | 2018/12/21 03:23 AM |
RISC-V gut feelings | Montaray Jack | 2018/12/22 02:56 PM |
RISC-V gut feelings | dmcq | 2018/12/23 04:38 AM |
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RISC-V Summit Proceedings | dmcq | 2018/12/22 06:21 AM |
RISC-V Summit Proceedings | Montaray Jack | 2018/12/22 02:03 PM |
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RISC-V Summit Proceedings | anon2 | 2018/12/21 10:57 AM |
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RISC-V Summit Proceedings | Anon | 2018/12/22 05:51 PM |
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Not Stanford MIPS but commercial MIPS | Michael S | 2018/12/23 03:49 AM |
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