Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!uunet!crdgw1!rpi!uupsi!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: small instructions Message-ID: Date: 19 Jun 91 16:34:24 GMT References: <13395@pt.cs.cmu.edu> <195@armltd.uucp> <6390@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> Distribution: comp Organization: Ferranti International Controls Corporation Lines: 12 In article <6390@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au>, ok@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Richard A. O'Keefe) writes: > The kangaroo's reproductive system is also very efficient. > In fact, it is a three-stage pipeline, > the first stage of which can be stalled. Well, it might be pipelined but that third stage takes a long time, plus uses external cache. It's only really efficient if you need to discard intermediate results frequently, and that increases the number of iterations you have to use to get the same product. -- Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180; Sugar Land, TX 77487-5012; `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"