I don't think Intel did it intentionally, but having a CISC external interface and RISC internal is a good idea. They both have pluses and minuses. You need a lot more RISC instructions for a comparable program than CISC, which means your cache fills up quicker, you also need to fetch instructions a lot more. Combining the best of both approaches is a good idea.
Yes, because a gun is going to help you against a tank or an F-15 circling above your house. Times change, what made sense 200 years ago might not make sense anymore...
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So it's not bad design when it's not obvious how to turn the car off?
Yes and the 25 Ford plants located in the US make coconuts... http://corporate.ford.com/our-... In 2013 there were 4,540,985 cars made in the US which was good enough for 5th place in the world: http://www.statisticbrain.com/...
somebody forgot to take their laxatives this morning...
I don't think Intel did it intentionally, but having a CISC external interface and RISC internal is a good idea. They both have pluses and minuses. You need a lot more RISC instructions for a comparable program than CISC, which means your cache fills up quicker, you also need to fetch instructions a lot more. Combining the best of both approaches is a good idea.
I hope his next announcement is that he is gay...
Yes, because a gun is going to help you against a tank or an F-15 circling above your house. Times change, what made sense 200 years ago might not make sense anymore...
The US Navy doesn't have Aegis class cruisers either. What they do have is Ticonderoga-class cruisers with the Aegis Combat System.
what a bunch of bull. Neither F-22 nor F-35 is a dogfighter. They're optimized to engage targets at long/medium ranges, not dogfights.
why isn't this story making headlines...
You mean VP8, not H.264
So Microsoft is ok with violence, but sex is once again a taboo.
add "https everywhere" to that list...