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CPU design

Started by the darkening Apr 20, 2001 at 7:02 PM 5 replies 350+ views

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Apr 20, 2001 at 7:02 PM

If you could design a CPU, which (new) functions would you implement? I''m just interested in what you''re missing in todays CPUs.

Martee

Apr 20, 2001 at 7:05 PM

Single cycle float to int conversion ... or do the newer CPUs already have it?

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manutd

Apr 20, 2001 at 10:15 PM

lol, it could happen...

:: Jamie Interactive ::

terminate

Apr 20, 2001 at 10:40 PM

Definitly single-cycle program compiliation. I hate waiting

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reaptide

Apr 20, 2001 at 11:16 PM

I''d want the CPU to distrubute acohol based beverages whenever I press the TAB key. Or wouldn''t that be a device?

Signatures? We don''t need no stinking signatures!

terminate

Apr 20, 2001 at 11:43 PM

oN A more serious note, how about a CPU that can become more powerful my stacking multiple SPus in a tower on top of one another (multi-CPU systems, 1 socket on board)

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jonnyfish

Apr 22, 2001 at 5:05 PM

Um, this is the CISC way of thinking, which got us into this mess in the first place.

Single cycle program compilation? If you''re that much of a speed freak, you''d be using assembly, and assemblers don''t have any speed problems (at least NASM doesn''t).

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