21 Jul
2016
21 Jul
'16
7:45 a.m.
Peter Corlett <abuse at cabal.org.uk> writes:
IMO, it's the predicated instructions that is
ARM's special sauce and
the real innovation that gives it a performance boost. Without those,
it'd be just a 32 bit wide 6502 knockoff.
I have both the ARM and the 6502 instruction sets very fresh in my mind
right now. I don't see how the ARM could be a 6502 knockoff, even
without that sauce. Care to explain in more detail?