Re: 6502 illegal opcodes questions

["mdj" <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

Jorge ChB wrote:

> Wow wait !
> What are you saying ?
> A good thing in what way ?
> More MIPS + less Watts + smaller.

In general, more MIPS = more watts. In the past we focussed on more
MIPS, more or less regardless of watts because we needed the MIPS more.

Now, MIPS per watt is critical. Mobility demands it, as does server
room space/heat issues, as does embedded systems. The work we want to
do is achievable with current levels of processing power, but not
current levels of power consumption.

Considering the current state of software development, it's a good
thing. We need to spend some time focussing our efforts of exploiting
other means of performance enhancement, and focus more on software
quality. Many of the foreseeable tasks for faster machines require many
orders of magnitude more processing power that we currently have, so
the focus will have to be on software improvement. I say about time!

Matt