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joezydeco on Sept 19, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: New Chips Loaded With Dummy Parts

What about compilers that stick in NOPs to keep pipelines in sync?

duskwuff on Sept 19, 2009 [–]

Less "to keep pipelines in sync" and more "to align jump targets to cache-friendly boundaries". But yes.

joezydeco on Sept 19, 2009 | [–]

Yeah, didn't think about that one. Good one.

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