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.
Technology Stocks : CYRIX / NSM -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Joe NYC who wrote (30327)11/20/1998 1:56:00 PM
From: Steve Porter  Respond to of 33344
 
Jozef,

I guess the tough part is to figure out what which data to prefetch, which to me is difficult, if not impossible.


On the x86 as it stands it is neary (if not) impossible. However Scumbria said "CPUs" in general and I want to point out that while the x86 architecture may be limited in certain ways, there is no reason that another cpu architecture (a cleaner RISC design for example) coulnd't look ahead into an instruction stream.

Steve


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