On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:48:05 -0500, John Eells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... >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." >... Ha! Only 668 of 'em. See? Reduced all the way from 894 to 668. That's a reduction of 226. Why, 266 is bigger that the whole instruction set of some processors. Let's see them make that kind of reduction! :-) Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
