Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!drutx!druhi!lu
From: lu@druhi.ATT.COM (david lu)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: What does VLIW stand for?
Message-ID: <4694@druhi.ATT.COM>
Date: 2 Mar 90 23:41:36 GMT
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In article <9575@portia.Stanford.EDU>, underdog@portia.Stanford.EDU (Dwight Joe) writes:
> In article <4652@vanuata.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> tommyk@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Tommy Kelly) writes:
> >What does the abbreviation 'VLIW' stand for?
> If I recall correctly,
> VLIW = very long instruction word.

Don't forget KLIW - Kinda Long Instruction Word (really).  
Essentially, VLIW it refers to what used to be called Horizontal 
microcoding (the ability to execute in parallel autonomous functional
units or "slices").

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