SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (94163)2/19/2000 1:09:00 AM
From: Scumbria  Read Replies (1) of 1570835
 
Ten,

So it seems Intel went all out to build a processor around a very long pipeline. As I pointed out before, it does seem like Intel is betting everything on clock speed.

It is nonsensical these days to do anything else other than a deep pipeline. The only way to achieve high clock speed is through a balanced, deep pipeline. Intel's management deserves credit for allowing the building of a 20 stage pipe. It is too bad that the Athlon pipeline is not longer, because it will have a hard time keeping up with Willy.

There are also "hazards" in a program's code which causes "pipeline bubbles," i.e. holes in the stream of instructions. In a longer pipeline, those bubbles will be larger, once again impacting real-world performance.


This is not really true. A deep pipeline will have more bubbles, but each bubble is of shorter duration, so the branch mispredict penalty is not much different in a deep pipeline than it is in a short pipeline.

Scumbria
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News