Ken Porowski wrote:
<snip>
The fact that the z10 was a 'new' platform shows they
are/do consider it worthwhile. Of course it could just be a step
towards emulating z/Architecture over another instruction set. I heard
someone make the comment that even the z10 (and possibly earlier) were
RISC with CISC in the milli-micro-etc. code?
<snip>
I have _no_ idea where these rumors come from!
668 of the 894 instructions on the z10 EC (about 75%) are implemented
entirely in hardware. I don't know about anyone else, but I would not
exactly call 668 hardware instructions "RISC."
For more than you probably want to know, see:
http://www.ibm.com/systems/resources/systems_z_news_announcement_pdf_ZSO03018.pdf
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/pdfs/sg247515.pdf
--
John Eells
z/OS Technical Marketing
IBM Poughkeepsie
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