more talking to the press.

From: Ryan K. Brooks <ryan_at_hack.net>
Date: Fri Nov 14 00:51:07 2003

Lyle Bickley wrote:

>"In addition to its impressive symmetry, the 88110 permits speculative
>instruction issue and execution after a predicted branch. A register file
>history buffer keeps track of registers so that they can be restored to their
>pre-branch values if the branch is later discovered to have been
>mis-predicted. Speculative execution allows the 88110 to extract the most
>performance from its two issue capability"
>
>
>

Speaking of the "oh so cool" 88k- does anyone have one of these? I
always thought a Moto 88k box running some sort of *BSD would be a great
addition to the collection. Anyone?

-Ryan Brooks
ryan_at_hack.net
Received on Fri Nov 14 2003 - 00:51:07 GMT