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- URL: https://x.com/jaap_null/status/1736801931534938376
- Author: Jaap van Muijden (@jaap_null)
- Posted: 2023-12-18 17:33:43
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@NOTimothyLottes
Chasing pointers or dependent texture reads - same shit different sandwich.
Just build dedicated hardware fetchers!
2/ @NOTimothyLottes
@jaap_null
{fetch, logic, dependent fetch} … usually the state required for logic is larger than the fetch and used before/after the block, thus it isn’t something you can move out of the ALUs … vgpr parking lot with a lot of runable tasks is the dedicated hardware