From 627ae6f5f48f504588b72e10f080cc7a0bce9887 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lkcl Date: Fri, 6 May 2022 12:06:19 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] --- openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn b/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn index 275cb0f1c..98cab5c46 100644 --- a/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn +++ b/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn @@ -473,6 +473,13 @@ all on a 3.5 watt budget at only 250 mhz in 130 nm. Yet to take proper advantage of its capability required an astounding 5-10 *days* per line of assembly code. 20 lines of optimised Assembler taking six months to write can in no way be termed -"productive". +"productive", yet this extreme level of unproductivity is an inherent +side-effect of going down the parallel-processing rabbithole. **In short, we are in "Programmer's nightmare" territory** + +Having dug a proverbial hole that rivals the Grand Canyon, and +jumped in it feet-first, the next +task is to piece together a strategy to climb back out and show +how falling back in can be avoided. This takes some explaining, +and requires some background on various historical research efforts -- 2.30.2