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From: amos@instable.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Am29000 & register windows
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Date: Fri, 20-Mar-87 06:45:20 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 20 06:45:20 1987
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Reply-To: amos%nsta@nsc.com (Amos Shapir)
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I have just read the piece in Elctronics magazine; nice hype - they even
have a picture of the (yet non-existent) chip. Hype aside, it looks like
a compiler writer's dream - 192 registers! But then came the part about
the 700ns context-switch time - that cannot include saving & restoring
all registers, can it? If it doesn't, who amd how takes care of keeping
track of who uses what and when? (I hope I'm making myself clear :-))
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	Amos Shapir
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