Pipelining basics

[Magic :^)]

I found a nice page on pipelining :3

http://www.gamedev.net/page/resources/_/technical/general-programming/a-journey-through-the-cpu-pipeline-r3115

[fuirippu]

Thanks, Magic. I'm half-way through reading this, and finding it very good.

It's particularly suited for me, cos although I think I know a bit about some processors, I've never been close to the hardware with Intel/x86. It always seemed such an over-complicated architecture.


EDIT: just finished. would read again. The section "An Example" was very cinematic.

[LordDecapo]

Good article, I made my dad read it and I was like "this is what I do" lolol

[Chibill]

Has anyone ever made an OOO core in Minecraft.

[greatgamer34]

I thought that's what lords cpu did^

[greatgamer34]

Also Thanks for the article mag! I learned a hell of a lot, and I kinda want to tackle a basic OOOexe 2 Core cpu, with some prefetching and 5 stage pipeline!

[Nickster258]

I thought that's what lord, tuchi, dylan, and freemanz' cpu did^

FTFY

[greatgamer34]

thx

[LordDecapo]

Lol, I did have an OOOEXE system made for a CPU, it's made for 16bitdata tho, if you want it I can cut it down to 8 bits, or show u how it works so u can do that. Up to u.
but yes I have done it before, system isn't THAT hard, the abstraction was by far the hardest part.

I just decided to go against using it, in MC its more of a gimmick then an actual way to speed things up

[martin of redwall]

ok wow i understood like 10% of that article. if this is stuff you guys understand then im way out of my league here. lol :/

[LordDecapo]

it's cool, it's actually a simple article, just breezes over stuff quick tho. Once you learn some stuff it will make sense.

You should see some of the stuff I read on comp. Sci lol

[martin of redwall]

oh i see then where is a good place to read on comp. sci

[LordDecapo]

Loaded question lol
all depends on what aspect of comp Sci. And what sub aspect like
programing or CPU
then what kind of CPU or what kind of programming

[fuirippu]

My university course (some time ago) was taught from Digital Design by M. Morris Mano. I think it covers the basics well, but doesn't go as far as pipelining and modern architectures, so probably it's not advanced enough for many.