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Comment by tucnak

2 days ago

Not to step on your toes, but it shall be said that instructions in a CPU "retire" in order.

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peterfirefly  2 days ago

They don't even always do that anymore.

  • IshKebab  2 days ago

    Depends what you mean by "retire" but by the normal definition they always retire in order, even in OoO CPUs. You might be thinking of writeback.

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