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Article #10423Re: SPARC implementation or architecture
From: Keith Bierman fpgroup
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1991 02:32
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1991 02:32
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In article <1991Apr23.140140.27847@webo.dg.com> lewine@cheshirecat.webo.dg.com (Donald Lewine) writes:
.... MIPS marketing (at least as retold
by DEC) is that the MIPS compiler technology provides a *HUGE*
^^^^^^
advantage over other RISC architectures. If the difference is
+/- 10%, that is a whole different story.
That was the old _DEC_ story. DEC's newest compiler release (press
release info) claimed dramatic improvements with the new compilers ...
which are a product of DEC not based on the MIPSco base.
Marketing departments reserve the right to change stories as
circumstances dictate ;>
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!exodus!exodus-bb!khb From: khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM (Keith Bierman fpgroup) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: SPARC implementation or architecture Message-ID: <KHB.91Apr23193227@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 24 Apr 91 02:32:27 GMT References: <1991Apr17.183822.7681@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <41377@cup.portal.com> <1991Apr18.142341.23097@rice.edu> <2500@spim.mips.COM> <1991Apr23.140140.27847@webo.dg.com> Sender: news@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM Organization: Sun MegaSystems Lines: 20 In-reply-to: lewine@cheshirecat.webo.dg.com's message of 23 Apr 91 14:01:40 GMT