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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. Re:Bad Timing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You slackjawed lazy ass. Yeah, in the Real World nobody cares if you show up. Nobody ever got fired for skipping work. Nice job. Please tell me where you went to school, so I may avoid sending my kids there lest they return with your same attitude.

  2. In other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Gnu/HURD STILL DOSENT SUPPORT PS/2 mice, the debian team have created an ugly hack, but you will still need to find a serial mouse if you want to actually develop on the hurd!

    Any operating system without usb support these days have already shot themselves in the balls!

  3. Love those tongue-in-cheek jokes... by Cyclopedian · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Our SUV, the Ars Extinction LE (if you put "LE" on the end of the name you can charge more), is selling like... well, it's selling like an SUV, which means it's doing pretty well. In fact, it was awarded Car and Driver's prestigious "Ridiculously Aggressive-looking Design of the Year" award, as well as the Global Climate Coalition's "Excellence in Environmental Innovation" award for its stunningly low 0.5 mpg rating. (In case it's not obvious, GCC is an "environmental" front group for the oil industry.)

    -Cyc

    --
    /.'s 10 Millionth
  4. Re:suck it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Asked by agents if he had anything else to tell them, Cusack responded: "Yes, I've got monkeys in my pants."

  5. Re:suck it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this is the single funniest thing i have ever read.

  6. Re:Bad Timing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well if I *paid* to go to work your damm straight I would expect to be able to skip class, go when I wanted, and learn what I wanted from the class.

    it's called being smart ... where stupid classes that are required you don't go to because you don't care and you still get that A. Welcome to the Real World shitnuts.

  7. Soviet sad man is saying: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i am sad that processors design YOU :*( !

  8. howto buy a PC with DLX-hypethreading inside? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hello from Spain

    if there are CC and ASSEMBLERS for DLX everywhere ..

    Where can i buy a PC with 'DLX-hypethreading inside' of low-consumption?

    (DLX-HT 20 millions transistors versus P4 3.04 HT)
    (10 W of DLX versus 85 W of P4)

    JCPM