By: dmcq (dmcq.delete@this.fano.co.uk), April 17, 2021 10:23 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Mark Roulo (nothanks.delete@this.xxx.com) on April 16, 2021 5:52 pm wrote:
> Anon (no.delete@this.spam.com) on April 16, 2021 4:51 pm wrote:
> > LoongShot (Lsx.delete@this.lasx.com) on April 16, 2021 3:01 pm wrote:
> > > Big week for ISAs - LoongArch
> >
> > Will it be another boring RISC?
>
> "LoongArch is said to feature almost 2,000 of proprietary instructions"
>
> Maybe not?
>
>
2000 instructions. That ... does not exactly make my heart sing. It a lot more than IBM zSeries has accumulated in nearly sixty years. Intel has only a thousand instructions but lots and lots of variants so I guess that is what they mean.
Loongsoon seems to have done a lot of work emulating other architectures and it looks to me like they want to continue that so that could be a special point in their architecture. I wouldn't mind something that was good at emulating, and that might make it more friendly for JIT too. I've wondered who actually use their computers, why do they do x86 emulation? Is it to wean people onto it like Apple want to transition their users? Is it for government employees so they can say they buy Chinese or there's some extra security in it?
> Anon (no.delete@this.spam.com) on April 16, 2021 4:51 pm wrote:
> > LoongShot (Lsx.delete@this.lasx.com) on April 16, 2021 3:01 pm wrote:
> > > Big week for ISAs - LoongArch
> >
> > Will it be another boring RISC?
>
> "LoongArch is said to feature almost 2,000 of proprietary instructions"
>
> Maybe not?
>
>
2000 instructions. That ... does not exactly make my heart sing. It a lot more than IBM zSeries has accumulated in nearly sixty years. Intel has only a thousand instructions but lots and lots of variants so I guess that is what they mean.
Loongsoon seems to have done a lot of work emulating other architectures and it looks to me like they want to continue that so that could be a special point in their architecture. I wouldn't mind something that was good at emulating, and that might make it more friendly for JIT too. I've wondered who actually use their computers, why do they do x86 emulation? Is it to wean people onto it like Apple want to transition their users? Is it for government employees so they can say they buy Chinese or there's some extra security in it?
| Topic | Posted By | Date |
|---|---|---|
| LoongArch | LoongShot | 2021/04/16 03:01 PM |
| LoongArch | dmcq | 2021/04/16 03:25 PM |
| LoongArch | Marcus | 2021/04/17 01:52 AM |
| LoongArch | anon2 | 2021/04/17 03:21 AM |
| LoongArch | Gabriele Svelto | 2021/04/17 07:07 AM |
| LoongArch | Ariadne Conill | 2021/04/17 03:22 PM |
| Please discuss politics elsewhere (NT) | Foo_ | 2021/04/17 03:27 AM |
| LoongArch | Duane Sand | 2021/04/16 04:11 PM |
| LoongArch | Anon | 2021/04/16 04:51 PM |
| LoongArch | Mark Roulo | 2021/04/16 05:52 PM |
| LoongArch | dmcq | 2021/04/17 10:23 AM |
| LoongArch | dmcq | 2021/04/17 10:44 AM |
| LoongArch | --- | 2021/04/18 08:53 AM |
| LoongArch | dmcq | 2021/04/18 03:14 PM |
| LoongArch | Marcus | 2021/04/19 07:07 AM |
| LoongArch | dmcq | 2021/04/19 01:07 PM |
| LoongArch | Ariadne Conill | 2021/04/16 10:53 PM |
| LoongArch | Marcus | 2021/04/17 01:42 AM |
| LoongArch | Ariadne Conill | 2021/04/17 03:19 PM |
| Another boring SIMD yes | Heikki Kultala | 2021/04/17 09:31 AM |
| Another boring SIMD yes | Gabriele Svelto | 2021/04/19 12:39 AM |
| Another boring SIMD yes | dmcq | 2021/04/19 02:00 AM |
| Another boring RISC I mean (NT) | Heikki Kultala | 2021/04/19 05:41 AM |
