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|    Robert Finch to All    |
|    Re: Tonights Tradeoff - Cache-line const    |
|    07 Nov 25 22:30:36    |
      From: robfi680@gmail.com              Cache-line constants were tried with the StarkCPU and seemed to work       fine, but wasted cache-line space when constants and instructions could       not be packed evenly into the cache-line.              However, for Qupls2026 using constants stored on the cache-line might be       just as efficient storage wise as having the constants follow       instruction words because of the 48-bit word width. Constants typically       do not need to be multiples of 48 bits. If stored on the cache-line they       could be multiples of 16-bits. There are potentially 32-bits of wasted       space if an instruction is not able to be packed onto the cache-line.       There may just be as much wasted space due to the support of over-sized       constants in-line with 48-bit parcels. A 32-bit constant uses 48 bits,       wasting 16-bits of storage.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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