By: rwessel (robertwessel.delete@this.yahoo.com), November 16, 2006 4:27 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Rob Thorpe (rthorpe@realworldtech.com) on 11/16/06 wrote:
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>> Similarly Itanium demands sequential execution semantics (ie. it disallows swap using 2 moves).
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>? Most architectures demand execution to look sequential in semantics.
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>What do you mean?
He wants to be able to code a swap with just a pair of moves within a bundle like you can on some VLIWs.
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>> Similarly Itanium demands sequential execution semantics (ie. it disallows swap using 2 moves).
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>? Most architectures demand execution to look sequential in semantics.
>
>What do you mean?
He wants to be able to code a swap with just a pair of moves within a bundle like you can on some VLIWs.
