15 computer science collegians looking for a project

[Jordan Crouse]

On 29/04/08 15:42 +0200, NoiseEHC wrote:
> 
> >> Okay, it seems that I extrapolated my attempt to the current situation.
> >>  ~9 months ago I have applied for a physical machine (or for a login to a
> >>  physical machine) since the databook missed a lot of information
> >>  regarding assembly instruction scheduling on the Geode. I was told to
> >>  look up the information in the databook...
> >>     
> >
> > I wonder whether that is one of the reference manuals that I worked on
> > at National Semiconductor in 2000, before they sold the Geode line to
> > AMD. I mostly remember long tables of register bit functions and the
> > occasional timing diagram. Naturally, they never let me near a chip.
> >   
> Now that is funny. The Geode databook is so bad that I took the time and 
> looked for the MediaGX databook and found it in some cache (maybe Google 
> cache?). That contains more information that Geode's one. So my 
> conspiracy theory is that some marketing manager went through the 
> databook when AMD acquired Cyrix/National Semiconductor and deleted 
> every piece of information which would suggest that the processor is 
> slow. Of course, I do not believe in this theory. Okay, sometimes seems 
> to be true. But it is too stupid. Hmmm... :)

I will note that when I asked you for more information as to what you
thought was missing or incorrect, I got no response.  If you tell me
_exactly_ what you think you need, I can try to get the information.
However, I do need exact demands.  General "you suck, tell us more" 
requests are not effective arguments with the documentation gatekeepers.

Jordan

-- 
Jordan Crouse
Systems Software Development Engineer 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.