From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@lkcl.net>
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2018 12:23:20 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: scoreboard update
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9e569f1612598e7260ce23ca733c6a381002c053;p=crowdsupply.git

scoreboard update
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diff --git a/updates/004_2018dec06_microarchitecture_cont.mdwn b/updates/004_2018dec06_microarchitecture_cont.mdwn
index c4d5542..51e02b5 100644
--- a/updates/004_2018dec06_microarchitecture_cont.mdwn
+++ b/updates/004_2018dec06_microarchitecture_cont.mdwn
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ to identify and make clear that the CDC 6600's register file is designed with
 "write-through" capability, i.e. that a register that's written will
 go through *on the same clock cycle* to a "read" request.  This makes
 the 6600's register file pretty much synonymous with the Tomasulo
-Algorithm "Common Data Bus".
+Algorithm "Common Data Bus".  This same-cycle feature *also provides
+operand forwarding for free*!
 
 So this is just amazing.  Let's recap.  It's 2018, there's absolutely zero
 Libre SoCs in existence anywhere on our planet of 8 billion people, and