daveb@geac.UUCP (David Collier-Brown) (05/06/88)
In article <770@l.cc.purdue.edu> cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes: >It seems that, instead, there is great merit in a VCISC design, in which >useful instructions are included to decrease the number of instructions needed >in a program. They're both tradeoffs, so there **have** to be multiple solutions. It happens that RISC fits the external-to-system state better for small, adventurous companies. I could do a vCISC and move more functionality into hardware (assuming I didn't mispredict what to move!!!!!) and get a competitive processor. I just couldn't do it without great expenditures of time and money. So I stick with RISC-y little things for Unixes and big Honeybuns for GCOS-y things. --dave (I'm not actually working for honeywell any more, but you get the idea) c-b -- David Collier-Brown. {mnetor yunexus utgpu}!geac!daveb Geac Computers International Inc., | Computer Science loses its 350 Steelcase Road,Markham, Ontario, | memory (if not its mind) CANADA, L3R 1B3 (416) 475-0525 x3279 | every 6 months.