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11/03/06 09:53
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#127308 - I second this.
Responding to: ???'s previous message
You (or your friends) might want to read the chapter on branch cache in the datasheet, it is very interesting, even if not giving an absolutely complete information.

I believe the pipeline cannot be blamed for seemingly "unpredictable" behavior - usually, it is well documented what kind of operations incur pipeline penalties, and how many penalty cycles.

However, the description of the problem ("changes its timing if the loop is longer than X instructions") is an indicator for a prefetch/caching algorithm at work. Maybe you need to look at the behavior of the prefetch/caching algorithm and how it can be modified (I believe I saw some information about this in the datasheet).


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TopicAuthorDate
Pipelines revisited            01/01/70 00:00      
   You cannot say without more information            01/01/70 00:00      
      You've got it! That's the problem, for sure.            01/01/70 00:00      
         Synchronization            01/01/70 00:00      
            True enough, but in this case            01/01/70 00:00      
   So you can be happily chugging away            01/01/70 00:00      
      That renders the SiLabs architecture unuseable            01/01/70 00:00      
         Can't You Trurn it off?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Advertising.            01/01/70 00:00      
            a better term would have been "unspecified"            01/01/70 00:00      
         if what you want is to bitch, the cache stinks, if            01/01/70 00:00      
            No ... it's not just a complaint ...            01/01/70 00:00      
               experience and the other is stated already            01/01/70 00:00      
                  it's not quite that simple ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     does not matter, in this case an advantage            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Yes, same length, irrespective of path            01/01/70 00:00      
   can you explain more?            01/01/70 00:00      
      It uses a pipeline to achieve the high speed            01/01/70 00:00      
         why pipeline??            01/01/70 00:00      
   branch cache            01/01/70 00:00      
      i dont know about slightly unpredictable            01/01/70 00:00      
      I second this.            01/01/70 00:00      
      It's called "branche cache" rather than pipeline?            01/01/70 00:00      
         They're two different things.            01/01/70 00:00      
            This flush and refill process is what I feared            01/01/70 00:00      
         you might also try something completely different            01/01/70 00:00      
            well ... maybe ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   what is the problem?            01/01/70 00:00      
      The problem is blaming the pipeline ...            01/01/70 00:00      
         oh, I wish            01/01/70 00:00      
         Exactly ...            01/01/70 00:00      
      That reference is helpful            01/01/70 00:00      
         not a "litterary masterpiece" but after reading            01/01/70 00:00      

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