In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 05/31/2007
at 08:01 PM, John P Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>However, how about a subsequent ST (50xx) instruction? Yes, it would
>absolutely have an impact upon the execution of that instruction, and
>the predictive execution cache from that instruction forward would
>likely have to be discarded.
Unless changes in technology allow the I-fetch to use more gates in
order to be more intelligent.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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