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From: srm@violet.berkeley.edu (Richard Mateosian)
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Subject: Re: Code alignement in 32k cpu
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Date: Mon, 14-Sep-87 03:27:59 EDT
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>A "typical" program gained 1-3% in speed when the "align" instructions
>was removed. Can anyone give some anwers on that ??

You no longer had to waste time executing the NOPs that aligning requires.
For a 32016 this should account for the improvement. For a 32032 the
explanation might be trickier.

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