Re: 64-bit Architecture

[eugene <eugene@securityarchitects.com>]

off-topic but even the current ia-32 pentiums are a mix of cisc and risc
architectures.
each cisc instruction is converted into a series of smaller and simpler
risc instructions which are then consequently executed.. arstechnica.com
should have some good articles on the subject


On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 10:31:06AM -0700, A farmer using BSD, eh! wrote:
> "V. T. Mueller" wrote:
> > The IA-64 merges Intel's as well as (or primarily) hp's know-how in RISC
> > CPU architecture. A bit of background-information on this subject may be
> > found on:
> > http://www.future.enterprisecomputing.hp.com/ia64/committed.html
> > 
> So is this rarely available IA-64 cisc or risc, or a
> middle-of-the-roader? I hope it would not give the porting
> committers, whoever they may be, major headaches if it becomes
> popular, ever.  And were thoes fast cpus often for slow,
> inefficient, and possible broken OSes initially?  Hmmm...