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Re:What's new in CPUs since the 80s and how does it affect p... by dang on Monday August 24, 2015 @02:36AM (#10108217)
> how it throws out the usual design of machine language

Now I'm curious. How does it?

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Re:What's new in CPUs since the 80s and how does it affect p... by w0000t on Monday August 24, 2015 @02:52AM (#10108282)
No ordinary registers. Instead you have a FIFO queue( belt ), where every element( register ) is accessible and has a relative address( offset ).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGw-cy0ylCc&list=PLFls3Q5bBI...

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