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EPIC
(Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing)
EPIC microprocessor architecture is a brand new classification. EPIC
chips will start being produced in the year 2000, permitting new levels
of processing speed. One of the special things about EPIC chips is
the CPU not having to check for parallelism, or in other words, check which
instructions it can execute in parallel. Instead the compiler is
responsible for determining which instructions can be executed in parallel
and encoding that information within the machine code. Also, if the
CPU comes to a branch, it will use a technique called predication.
In this process, the CPU explores all possible out comes and when the final
result comes, its takes the result of the actual path and throws away the
others. In the pages below you will learn more about the subjects
I mentioned and even more. EPIC design guide lines consist of:
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