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Understanding Pipelining and Superscalar Execution

Posted by chrisd on from the read-hennessy-and-patterson-first dept.

Zebulon Prime writes "Hannibal over at Ars has just posted a new article on processor technology. The article uses loads of analogies and diagrams to explain the basics behind pipelining and superscalar execution, and it's actually kind of funny (for a tech article). It's billed as a basic introduction to the concepts, but as a CS student and programmer I found it really helpful. I think this article is a sequel to a previous one that was linked here a while ago."

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  1. Don't waste your time reading the article. by Alsee · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't need to read some dumb article to explain it.

    The scaling is really super and the pipes are lined. Big freaking deal.

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