Thursday, January 05, 2006

Microprocessor History Part III - Surfing the Pipeline

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Maybe I’m showing my long history in California, but when I hear the word pipeline I think of a long wave breaking over its front forming a long pipe. The ultimate hotdogging trick is to surf inside the pipeline. Well, microprocessors grew up in California too. Both Intel and AMD are located in Silicon Valley, and in their products “doin’ the pipeline” is gnarly too.

We are working our way through the history of microprocessors so we can understand what the latest new features are, what gives a performance boost, and what is just marketing hype. The pipeline is a fundamental feature of microprocessors and is the enabler for several other very important speed-up schemes. Let’s see how pipelines work.

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http://www.geeks.com/techtips/2006/techtips-05JAN06.htm

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