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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: 0.274s | 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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1. bobmcnamara ◴[09 Jul 25 11:50 UTC] No.44508846[source]▶
Many assemblers had an option to reorder on assembly so you could write it normally, while only taking care to avoid hazards near branches.

At least one toolchain would just pad the slots with nops