Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!modcomp!joe From: joe@modcomp.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: separate integer and float register Message-ID: <6800002@modcomp> Date: 15 Aug 88 13:40:00 GMT References: <2724@wright.mips.COM> Lines: 8 Nf-ID: #R:wright.mips.COM:2724:modcomp:6800002:000:349 Nf-From: modcomp.UUCP!joe Aug 15 09:40:00 1988 >... what were the tradeoffs that went into the decision to make the >floating point and integer registers the same? Special floating point registers also slow down context switching, due to the extra time needed to save/restore them. This can be an important factor in real-time or communication applications that have high context switch rates.