1996-12-21 - Re: Instruction Sets which are tough to emulate

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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-12-21 15:10:13 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 07:10:13 -0800 (PST)

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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 07:10:13 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Instruction Sets which are tough to emulate
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ph@netcom.com (Peter Hendrickson) writes:

> I'm guessing there are a bunch of ways to make a processor hard
> to emulate.
>
> For instance, you can make the registers 65 bits wide.
>
> Can anybody think of some more?

Why would 65 bit registers make the processor hard(er) to emulate?

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