[Libre-soc-bugs] [Bug 230] Video opcode development and discussion

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https://bugs.libre-soc.org/show_bug.cgi?id=230

Cole Poirier <colepoirier at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #21 from Cole Poirier <colepoirier at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton from comment #20)
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> indeed... and, again: back to comment #13 this requires that the micro-coded
> intermediate ops have a storage location for the temporary results.
> 
> (putting the temporary results in the regfile is not acceptable)
> 
> thinking that through is an exercise that i have done many times.  all
> designs involving temporary result storage require far more complexity than
> i am comfortable with committing to within an already heavily pressured
> timeframe where we are at least 8 months behind where we should be.

Would scratch-pad memories be applicable in this instance?

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