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Stop the instruction set war
Author: bitRAKE Date: 2010-01-12 11:49
Couldn't the instruction cache store an efficient post-decode encoding for instructions? IIRC, Intel already has a patent for doing this. Another possiblity would be to completely remap the instructions to favor parallel decoding. This would support backward capatiblity thru a processor external translator. Getting the cooperation (from both producers and consumers) might require a demonstraition of what can be gained.

Why couldn't Transmeta succeed? Does hyper-threading make the decoder a greater target? Has Intel used instruction set changes to negatively impact competitors (i.e. publishing the second best while secretly working on the target design)? Can a fair market exist with Intel's obvious advantage (both capital and market share)? Should something so one-sided be called a war?

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