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to: PETER LOUWEN
from: MORTEN PERRIARD
date: 1997-04-13 22:43:00
subject: Re: Delays

Hello Peter!
Saturday April 12 1997, Peter Louwen writes to Olivier Dagenais:
 OD>> I don't think the NOP operation is pairable with any other
 OD>> instruction, (so  that it would be executed in the other pipeline)
 PL> It is pairable in both pipes, according to AsmEdit's online help.
It is also UV-pipe pairable according to intels official Pentium specs.. :-)
So, I guess two NOP's is needed to delay a Pentium one cycle? But, on a Cyrix 
there is more than two pipes (afaik), therefore delays can't be done accurate 
with NOP's anylonger..
Regards Morten Perriard
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