dillon@PAVEPAWS.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) (06/11/86)
128 bit internal busses are not likely for high level assembly. It is more reasonable for low level microcode (maybe they were talking about microcode in wherever_you_got_the_gossip_from) -Matt
stuart@ihlpf.UUCP (Ericson) (06/11/86)
> > 128 bit internal busses are not likely for high level assembly. > It is more reasonable for low level microcode (maybe they were talking about > microcode in wherever_you_got_the_gossip_from) > > -Matt I don't know where he got the info, but I saw such a piece of rumor in a recent "EE Times". It said 32-bit external and 128-bit internal. I'm pretty suret that they said that the registers were going to be 128 bits wide. -- Stuart Ericson Disclaimer: My computer wrote this - I just didn't have the heart to USENET: ..!ihnp4!ihlpf!stuart turn it off. voice: (312) 979-4288 "This time I'm switchin' to glide..."
markp@valid.UUCP (Mark P.) (06/26/86)
> > > > 128 bit internal busses are not likely for high level assembly. > > It is more reasonable for low level microcode (maybe they were talking about > > microcode in wherever_you_got_the_gossip_from) > > > > -Matt > > I don't know where he got the info, but I saw such a piece > of rumor in a recent "EE Times". It said 32-bit external > and 128-bit internal. I'm pretty suret that they said > that the registers were going to be 128 bits wide. > > -- > Stuart Ericson Disclaimer: My computer wrote > this - I just didn't > have the heart to > USENET: ..!ihnp4!ihlpf!stuart turn it off. > voice: (312) 979-4288 > > "This time I'm switchin' to glide..." A more likely scenario is 16-byte cache lines (128 bits, get it?). An unsophisticated EE Times interpretation of such a rumor would probably get printed as "128-bit internal architecture", and this has got to be a much more likely possibility. 128-bit registers are just NOT useful enough to warrant the extra carry-lookahead delay, space, etc. Mark Papamarcos Valid Logic Systems, Inc. {hplabs,pyramid,ihnp4,...}!pesnta!valid!markp disclaimer: rumors are rumors, especially when filtered through trade rags, and the above are only my opinions.