APX (Advanced Performance eXtensions): Talk in a decade or so

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What is APX? It is a future update to the x64 (EM64T/AMD64) architecture (ISA) by Intel called “Advanced Performance eXtensions” that proposes: 32 vs. 16 64-bit general purpose registers (GPP) [aka 2x current] 3-operand instruction format conditional (aka predicated) instructions optimised register save/restore instructions As it is a somewhat fundamental … Read more…