Which is the most beautiful and memorable hardware structure in a CPU?
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From: MitchAlsup on 1 Apr 2010 18:22 On Apr 1, 1:07 pm, glen herrmannsfeldt <g...(a)ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote: > The explanation I have seen for the CDB, common data bus, was > that results come out broadcast to all possible destinations. Do you realize that the length of this bus and the number of destination nodes was one of the reasons the IBM machine topped out at 60ns while the CDC machines topped out at 27.5ns and could deliver 4 result (and one load) per cycle (as catch-up bandwidth). Mitch
From: Robert Myers on 1 Apr 2010 22:20 On Apr 1, 10:05 pm, "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <ag-n...(a)patten-glew.net> wrote: > Myself, I thought it was obvious. There's your problem right there, Andy. Everyone else will say: 1. It's already been done (heard way too many times in this forum). 2. It was obvious (emphasis on the past tense). People answering either (1) or (2) assume that everything that can be thought of is already in textbooks. That's how they got to where they are. Robert.
From: MitchAlsup on 1 Apr 2010 22:48 On Apr 1, 9:05 pm, "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <ag-n...(a)patten-glew.net> wrote: > I also talked to Mitch about it at around that time, although he was preoccupied with spreadsheets for the Any chance you could complete this sentance? Perhaps from {88100, 88110, 88120, crazy, insane, Asilomar participants, Hot Chips participants, all of the preceeding?} Mitch
From: KJ on 2 Apr 2010 00:28 On Apr 1, 10:20 pm, Robert Myers <rbmyers...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 1, 10:05 pm, "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <ag-n...(a)patten-glew.net> > wrote: > > > Myself, I thought it was obvious. > > There's your problem right there, Andy. Everyone else will say: > > 1. It's already been done (heard way too many times in this forum). > > 2. It was obvious (emphasis on the past tense). > > People answering either (1) or (2) assume that everything that can be > thought of is already in textbooks. That's how they got to where they > are. > Textbooks? Didn't you get the memo? Everything that can be thought of is on Google...or should I say Topeka ;) KJ
From: mac on 2 Apr 2010 07:24
>the most beautiful and memorable hardware structure in a CPU You mean like <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_art>? |