RE: TI-H: Power PC


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RE: TI-H: Power PC




Then why is the PII so much slower than the PPC?  Maybe because of that
shell?  : )

If you read it carefully, the PPC risc technology was released about 4
years ago...  The intell architecture is 22 years old.

>Correction: the PII uses RISC technology, but has a CISC shell (like
>encapsulation in programming, a "wrapper") around it.  This is from the
>latest PC World (or PC Mag, I can't remember).  They had a big article on
>microprocessor evolution.  And RISC has been around longer than 4 years.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Bruce
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>>
>> 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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