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From: mash@mips.UUCP (John Mashey)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Word vs. Byte Orientation; some kernel #s
Message-ID: <335@winchester.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 22-Apr-87 21:34:53 EST
Article-I.D.: winchest.335
Posted: Wed Apr 22 21:34:53 1987
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References: <16122@amdcad.AMD.COM> <311@winchester.UUCP> <16295@amdcad.AMD.COM>
Reply-To: mash@winchester.UUCP (John Mashey)
Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <16295@amdcad.AMD.COM> bcase@amdcad.UUCP (Brian Case) writes:
....notes on where dropoff is on extra register utility....
>One of the things I know for sure is that some potential Am29000 users
>are really happy about the large register file, but not necessarily
>because of its ability to implement a stack cache.

This certainly seems reasonable, in that I can think of some
controller applications where the use of multiple register sets
may be quite useful.  As I've noted earlier, our analyses didn't
seem to indciate that as a good tradeoff for general-purpose systems.
-- 
-john mashey	DISCLAIMER: <generic disclaimer, I speak for me only, etc>
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