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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. Holy Crap! by poshgoat · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have a final exam on this stuff tomorrow morning... It would seem there is a God...!!

  2. Re:Ouch! by unicron · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nice MS bash. Your karma pimp wants his money.

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  3. Re:P&H - Pipelining by AvantLegion · · Score: 3, Funny

    Although, I wonder what Ann/Brian/Cathy/Dave do in that laundry room to fill delay slots when nobody's looking.....

  4. Re:Ouch! by medscaper · · Score: 2, Funny
    Your karma pimp wants his money.

    I'll have you know I have rolling credit, thank you. And I'm in VERY good standing.

    Linux RULZ! MS SUCKS! Down with RIAA! Hilary Rosen is a dummy-head!

    See?

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  5. Great by Jenova · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thanks for the links people. I really need this refresher course. Pipelining and superscalar execution are stuff I havent touch for quite a while :)

  6. Soviet sad man is saying: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    i am sad that PIPELINES understand you :*(

  7. A request for a future Ars Technica story by Ross+Finlayson · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Understanding why black text on a white background is easier to read than black text on a white background."

  8. Re:Bad Timing by norculf · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...stroke the ego of professors and get contacts for job leads into cushy jobs where skills don't matter.

    My Dad said I'd figure out what college was for some day. I'm kinda disappointed. :/

  9. Re:P&H - Pipelining by The+Salamander · · Score: 2, Funny

    Spawn some children? Oh sorry, that's the OS class.

  10. At last! by mao+che+minh · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thank you! After suffering many long and terrible months under an oath of involuntary celibacy, this new found knowledge in superscalar execution is sure to win me a date with one of the many "cam girl amatuers" that have been offering me free services through email for months. Thank you for restoring my confidence. Now I must learn how to convey my thoughts without using run-on sentences.

  11. Alpha Platform by AnonymousCowheard · · Score: 2, Funny

    DEC designed the Alpha CPU to interface to the BUS and RAM over multiple pipelines. Their EV6 is the prime of their effort. EV7 is even better. Due to DEC's inability to attain loans and offset the high consumer cost to make Alpha more affordable, they were in a position to sell themselves to Compaq and their financial team followed. Compaq, same tradition, sold-out to Hewlet Packard and we all remember when HP's President declared HP will close its doors if the merger didn't complete. And now HP is *trying* to kill the Alpha at the ev7. Alpha is fastest in the market, and HP is also canceling its own in-house PA-RISC in favor of the much slower Intel Itanium2. Only company left with a license to produce Alpha hardware is Samsung and they've already dumped the technical details of their Alpha products from their website. This world stinks...Star Trek pulled off the air and now Alpha. Ode to Bankers for conspiracy and marketers for pushing inferior non-Alpha hardware.

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