re wp pcf linux risc the risc means reduced instruction set computer the risc usually has small instruction set so as to reduce the circuit complex and can increase the clock rate to have a high performance you can read some books about computer architecture for more information about risc hmm not that i am an authority on risc but i clearly remember reading that the instruction set on risc cpus is rather large the difference is in addressing modes risc instruction sets are not as orthogonal is cisc there are some things you might be interested to know about today s risc processors it is true that there are fewer instructions but what is not commonly known is that this causes the size of your executables to swell so that in some cases performance is similar for larger applications as a compromise many risc processors today are actually a cross between a reduced instructions set and a complex one this is not to say that there is no future in cisc processors intel has certainly proved that what i want to know is what does this have to do with this group dave subject re wp pcf linux risc newsgroups comp unix dos under unix comp sys ibm pc misc comp sys ibm pc net comp os ms windows apps comp os ms windows misc alt uu comp os linux questions comp apps spreadsheets comp misc alt os linux comp os linux man linux references qu ud hd sunb ocs mq edu au from article qu ud hd sunb ocs mq edu au by eugene mpce mq edu au in article c o yq m csie nctu edu tw ghhwang csie nctu edu tw ghhwang writes dear friend the risc means reduced instruction set computer the risc usually has small instruction set so as to reduce the circuit complex and can increase the clock rate to have a high performance you can read some books about computer architecture for more information about risc hmm not that i am an authority on risc but i clearly remember reading that the instruction set on risc cpus is rather large the difference is in addressing modes risc instruction sets are not as orthogonal is cisc some people say it s fun but i think it s very serious eugene macadam mpce mq edu au dave siegel ds president rtd systems and networking inc president uofaz hardware and computing knowledge society hacks dsiegel cs arizona edu dsiegel hacks arizona edu dsiegel rtd com
