16 Jan
1999
16 Jan
'99
1:59 p.m.
Chuck wrote:
architecture (K6-2). The goal is to have a system
where every component is
completely described such that it would be possible, given time, for
someone to completely "know it" at the register level.
Tony replied:
It's even more fun to know it at the gate level,
or at least at the IC
pin level.
Life isn't long enough to understand a Pentium-class processor at the gate
level. At least, not long enough to do that and other fun things as well.
Heck, I've got the prints for my KL10 and I still don't understand it
to the gate level, and it's *MUCH* simpler than a Pentium.
Of course, not having enough time to fully understand it is no excuse for
not *wanting* the gate-level drawings. But you're not going to get those
out of either Intel or AMD.