Re: Register Files

idacrd!desj@uunet.UU.NET (David desJardins)
Fri, 23 Oct 1992 00:59:15 GMT

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Newsgroups: comp.compilers
From: idacrd!desj@uunet.UU.NET (David desJardins)
Organization: IDA Center for Communications Research, Princeton
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1992 00:59:15 GMT
Keywords: registers, architecture
References: 92-10-019 92-10-084

>Having split register files also makes superscalar dispatch simpler. The
>dispatch stage need only check if the instructions are destined for
>different FU classes (integer, FP, etc...), without checking for register
>dependences (except for load and moves between register files).


Hey, I would just make that a hazard. Who needs to write into the same
register at the same time from both sides of the chip? (Let's see: say
that in the compiler newsgroup; stand back and watch the sparks fly!)


                                                                                David desJardins
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