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Article #12129Animal architecture (was: Re: small instructions)
From: Rob Peglar
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1991 13:38
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1991 13:38
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In article <25734@lanl.gov> jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes: >In article <BC-BR@xds13.ferranti.com>, peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes: >|> [...] >|> OK, so how come a cheetah is faster than a horse? It's superpipelined! >|> And a kangaroo has fewer processors but uses a bigger cache... > >The cheetah is a RISC architecture. It contains nothing that isn't >needed to run fast or to kill. > >The horse is also RISCish, but is optimized for longer distance running. > >Nature contains very few CISC architectures. The most notable example being homo sapiens. Rob -- Rob Peglar Network Systems Corporation Internetwork Group 7600 Boone Avenue North robp@anubis.network.com Minneapolis MN 55428 (612)424-4888 x1028
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Newsgroups: comp.arch Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!src.honeywell.com!msi.umn.edu!noc.MR.NET!ns!gumby!robp From: robp@gumby.network.com (Rob Peglar) Subject: Animal architecture (was: Re: small instructions) Message-ID: <1991Jun17.133846.29956@ns.network.com> Summary: let's get over this thread Sender: news@ns.network.com Nntp-Posting-Host: gumby Organization: Network Systems Corporation References: <195@armltd.uucp> <BC-BR@xds13.ferranti.com> <25734@lanl.gov> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 91 13:38:46 GMT