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GlobalFoundries to Acquire MIPS

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224 points mshockwave | 1 comments | 08 Jul 25 16:57 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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sloemoe ◴[08 Jul 25 18:16 UTC] No.44502573[source]▶
Put that in your delay slot and smoke it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay_slot

I'm surprised by how many other architectures use it.

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vesinisa ◴[08 Jul 25 20:47 UTC] No.44503931[source]▶
Whoa, had no idea this existed. Wild stuff. Might be "somewhat" confusing to read assembler code like that without knowing about this particular technique..
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chasil ◴[08 Jul 25 21:00 UTC] No.44504037[source]▶
Allow me to introduce you to register windows.

https://www.jwhitham.org/2016/02/risc-instruction-sets-i-hav...

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1. burnt-resistor ◴[08 Jul 25 23:42 UTC] No.44505013[source]▶
I was going to make a reference to Patterson & Hennessy, but it's too bad that the 5th and later editions are hidden behind a DRM paywall. You don't "own" books anymore.