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Rename register. Temporary buffers used by instructions that have finished execution but
have not completed.
Reservation. The processor establishes a reservation on a cache block of memory space
when it executes an lwarx instruction to read a memory semaphore into a GPR.
Reservation station. A buffer between the dispatch and execute stages that allows
instructions to be dispatched even though the results of instructions on which the
dispatched instruction may depend are not available.
Retirement. Removal of the completed instruction from the CQ.
RISC (reduced instruction set computing). An architecture characterized by
fixed-length instructions with nonoverlapping functionality and by a separate set
of load and store instructions that perform memory accesses.
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Secondary cache. A cache memory that is typically larger and has a longer access time
than the primary cache. A secondary cache may be shared by multiple devices.
Also referred to as L2, or level-2, cache.
Set (v). To write a nonzero value to a bit or bit field; the opposite of clear. The term ‘set’
may also be used to generally describe the updating of a bit or bit field.
Set (n). A subdivision of a cache. Cacheable data can be stored in a given location in one
of the sets, typically corresponding to its lower-order address bits. Because several
memory locations can map to the same location, cached data is typically placed in
the set whose cache block corresponding to that address was used least recently.
See Set-associative.
Set-associative. Aspect of cache organization in which the cache space is divided into
sections, called sets. The cache controller associates a particular main memory
address with the contents of a particular set, or region, within the cache.
Shadowing. Shadowing allows a register to be updated by instructions that are executed
out of order without destroying machine state information.
Signaling NaN. A type of NaN that generates an invalid operation program interrupt when
it is specified as arithmetic operands. See Quiet NaN.
Significand. The component of a binary floating-point number that consists of an explicit
or implicit leading bit to the left of its implied binary point and a fraction field to
the right.
Simplified mnemonics. Assembler mnemonics that represent a more complex form of a
common operation.
Snooping. Monitoring addresses driven by a bus master to detect the need for coherency
actions.
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