Re: TI-H: Power PC


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Re: TI-H: Power PC




the AMD K6 line(and the K6-2's) of PC processors has a RISC architecture

joe

Grant Stockly wrote:

> >>I'm sorry to say but Apple is just going to kill themselves with this
> >>Power PC.  With Macs holding about 3% of the computer market you can't
> >>even buy software for them any more.  That's why they made the Power PC,
> >>but why buy a Mac to run PC software when it cost more and isn't as
> >>good? Apple is dead, there just looking for a place lo lie down.
> >>
> >>> My friend had a PowerMac G3 and it can encode one very fast!  Power to
> >>> the Power PC!
> >
> >What are you talking about?  They're making new software all of the time.
> > The Power PC wasn't made specifically to run PC software.  Hello!
>
> Just by hearing the name PowerPC, you know its better than any Intel or
> compatible.  The PPC uses RISC technology (~4 years old) and the intel
> processors use CISC technology (~22 years old).  For one thing, the C
> stands for complicated and the R stands for reduced.  If you want, I can
> show you a programming example for each in machine code and you can see
> which can do the same process faster.




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