AMD ymm registers are rolling back

Re:AMD ymm registers are rolling back by nomercy400 on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @06:50AM (#34981305)

So the decoder is like an emulator. If so it would theoretically be possible to provide a different ISA and have it execute by the cops as well. Not saying it would be fast, or practically possible due to how locked down it is.

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Re:AMD ymm registers are rolling back by nick__m on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @07:27AM (#34981600)

Transmeta tried that approach, but it wasn't enough of a competitive edge for it to prosper.

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Re:AMD ymm registers are rolling back by imtringued on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @08:30AM (#34982135)

Transmeta couldn't bring their product fast enough to the market because Intel was suing them. It had nothing to do with the quality of the product itself.

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Re:AMD ymm registers are rolling back by Symmetry on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @09:21AM (#34982676)

Then NVidia re-used their design on ARM as Project Denver.

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Re:AMD ymm registers are rolling back by JosephRedfern on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @07:46AM (#34981756)

Is this kinda what thumb mode on (some) ARM chips is?

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