[Pc_Support] Re: Good read on the future of writing code -- programmer viewpoint (i.e., gross ignorance ; -)

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 11:03 -0400, Justin M. Keyes wrote:
> Bryan, now that I'm taking a computer organization and architecture
> class, I searched my mail for "opcodes" and "branch prediction" and
> found the above email. I'm finally able to follow about 70% of it.
> It's fascinating!

Yes!  I honest to God wish programmers had just *1* class on *BASIC*
digital architecture.  While it doesn't cover that last 20-30% which is
largely EE-concepts, it still does wonders for understanding!

> When you say "entire units are now having their gates switch
> independently of a clock", what do you mean by "unit"? The entire
> microprocessor?

No.  By unit, I mean "ALU" or "FPU" -- and really, I mean "subunits" in
those.


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