[libre-riscv-dev] GPU design

lkcl lkcl at libre-riscv.org
Fri Dec 7 13:13:35 GMT 2018


On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 12:52 PM Jacob Lifshay <programmerjake at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 7, 2018, 04:48 lkcl <lkcl at libre-riscv.org wrote:
> >  i think, with ROB#s, MV could hypothetically be implemented as
> > just... changing the dest target register number (and type, from
> > int/float).  maybe.  will need to be thought through properly.
> >
> Yeah, but not needing the mv instruction at all is better.

 it's starting to deviate outside of what RISC-V is/does, and has
knock-on implications for the compilers which make me very very
nervous.  jacob bachmeyer already warned me about the Hell That Was
SSE.

l.



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