Re: What is the ratio of programs sizes CISC versus RISC

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From: Paul K. Rodman
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 00:10

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In article <1991Jun13.173625.24315@rice.edu> preston@ariel.rice.edu (Preston Briggs) writes:
>pb@idca.tds.philips.nl (Peter Brouwer) writes:
>>| Who can give me some information about the ratio of program sizes of RISC
>>| versus CISC. Code size (text) and total executable file size, both 32
>>bit systems, both unix flavors.

>I don't much like this sort of comparison.
>.....
>Of course, I'd really prefer to count delays caused by I-cache misses.
>
>Preston Briggs

Right on. Of course you should at itlb misses and text page faults to
really be totally fair...:-)


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Paul K. Rodman                                     Advanced Systems Division
rodman@sgi.com                                     Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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