By: dmcq (dmcq.delete@this.fano.co.uk), April 17, 2021 10:44 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
dmcq (dmcq.delete@this.fano.co.uk) on April 17, 2021 10:23 am wrote:
> 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?
BTW I should have spelt it as Loongson.
> 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?
BTW I should have spelt it as Loongson.
| 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 |
