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14 Aug 2024 03:18:53 EDT (-0400)
  Re: choosing CPU  
From: Matthew Mc Clement
Date: 26 Mar 1998 07:31:28
Message: <351A4AA0.E927EF52@clara.net>
Joshua Johaneman wrote:
> Except, don't they use a Reduced instruction set? which is faster for some
> things and slower for others?

Actually RISC chips are faster than their equavilent CISC chip, but
often progams written for a RISC platform require a larger memory foot
print....or at least this is so as far as Alpha apps compared to Intel
apps are concerned...

Cheers, Matthew


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