On 9/6/07, Tom <tom.primozic@gmail.com> wrote:
> However, would it be possible to "emulate" cpu registers using software? By
> keeping registers in the main memory, but accessing them often enough to
> keep them in primary cache? That would be quite fast I believe...

This makes me wonder... why have registers to begin with?  I wonder
how feasible a chip with a, say, 256-byte "register-level" cache would
be.

- Chris