Why does the Alpha AXP predict a coroutine transfer the way it does?(devblogs.microsoft.com)
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Why does the Alpha AXP predict a coroutine transfer the way it does?
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20191121-00/?p=103121
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The DEC Alpha architecture was far beyond its time. Intel incorporated many of its features in their Core line of CPUs after they bought the rights to it on the 11th hour before Compaq (who bought DEC) was bought by HP.
I pity anyone that ever had to write concurrent code for it though.