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|    Re: Linus Torvalds on bad architectural     |
|    29 Dec 25 13:48:24    |
      From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca              BGB [2025-12-28 16:09:11] wrote:       > On 12/28/2025 12:55 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:       >> I thought the solution was to follow the Cray 1's lead, where memory is       >> only every accessed in units of the same size (a "word").       > Apparently DEC Alpha did this:       > Nothing smaller than 64 bits in HW.              I thought they did include 32bit load/store instructions even in the       original AXP21064.                      Stefan              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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