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A comment on Condor's Cuzco RISC-V Core at Hot Chips 2025. Parent comment

Re:Condor's Cuzco RISC-V Core at Hot Chips 2025 by bee_rider on Saturday August 30, 2025 @11:24AM (#45075423)
Hmm?
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Re:Condor's Cuzco RISC-V Core at Hot Chips 2025 by daneel_w on Saturday August 30, 2025 @12:38PM (#45075965)
Cache is pronounced like cash, which the $ symbol is supposed to allude to.
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Re:Condor's Cuzco RISC-V Core at Hot Chips 2025 by xxpor on Saturday August 30, 2025 @03:42PM (#45077433)
Wow, how have I never put 2 and 2 together on that.
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Re:Condor's Cuzco RISC-V Core at Hot Chips 2025 by robinsonb5 on Saturday August 30, 2025 @05:23PM (#45078132)
You're not alone - it took me way longer than it should have done to figure that one out!
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Re:Condor's Cuzco RISC-V Core at Hot Chips 2025 by bee_rider on Saturday August 30, 2025 @12:50PM (#45076054)
Yes, they are obviously caches. I just didn’t understand your comment.
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Re:Condor's Cuzco RISC-V Core at Hot Chips 2025 by starkruzr on Saturday August 30, 2025 @05:43PM (#45078249)
leading to the unfortunate abbreviation sometimes drawn on blackboards, "$hit"
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Re:Condor's Cuzco RISC-V Core at Hot Chips 2025 by grg0 on Saturday August 30, 2025 @10:01PM (#45079661)
It is an apt abbreviation if you visualize shit tightly packed in a container. And when you thrash the cache, shit hit the fan (and spills to VRAM.)
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