use by following instructions, even in the same cycle, and even if the
operation is totally different. Thus, unlike in a
traditional vectore architecture, ALUs may be occupied by elements from
-other "Lanes", because of the pre-existing decoupling between the multi-issue
-instruction queue and the ALUs.
+other "Lanes", because the pre-existing decoupling between the multi-issue
+instruction queue and the ALUs is efficiently leveraged.
Simple!
-[[reorder_buffer.jpg]]
-
There are many other benefits to a multi-issue microarchitecture, and
these are being discussed
[here](http://lists.libre-riscv.org/pipermail/libre-riscv-dev/2018-December/000198.html)
commonly taught in Universities, and, secondly, patents on the algorithm
have long since expired.
+[[reorder_buffer.jpg]]
+
Also, there are both memory hazards and register hazards that a Reorder
Buffer augmented Tomasulo algorithm takes care of, whilst also allowing
for branch prediction and really simple roll-back, preservation of
We also may need to have simple Branch Prediction, because some of the
loops in [Kazan](https://salsa.debian.org/Kazan-team/kazan/) are particularly
tight. A Reorder Buffer can easily be used to implement Branch Prediction,
-because, just as with an Exception, the ROB needs to be cleared out
+because, just as with an Exception, the ROB can to be cleared out
(flushed) if the branch is mispredicted. As it is necessary to respect
Exceptions, the logic has to exist to clear out the ROB: Branch Prediction
simply uses this pre-existing logic.
requires unanimous decision-making from contributors, so far it's leaning
towards Reorder Buffers and Tomasulo as a good, clean fit. In part that
is down to more research having been done on that particular algorithm.
+For completeness, scoreboarding and explicit register renaming need
+to be properly and comprehensively investigted.
More as it happens...