On 2008-Jul-07 13:25:13 -0700, Julian Elischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >what you need is a speculative prefetch where you an tell teh >processor "We will probably need the following address so start >getting it while we go do other stuff".
This looks like the PREFETCH instructions that exist in at least amd64 and SPARC. Unfortunately, their optimal use is very implementation- dependent and the AMD documentation suggests that incorrect use can degrade performance. -- Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour.
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