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		chrisseaton on Jan 5, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An Open-Source FPGA-Optimized Out-of-Order RISC-V ... GC extensions? What does 'GC' stand for?

the_duke on Jan 5, 2021 [–]

G is short for MAFD (multiplication, atomics, floats, doubles) and C for compression.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RISC-V#Design .

chrisseaton on Jan 5, 2021 | [–]

Ah sorry I get it - ISA extensions - I thought it was compiler extensions.

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