On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Michael Burk <bur...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm curious - I've heard a lot of negative things about Intel/AMD > platforms. What about other architectures like PowerPC or ARM from a > technical design standpoint?
Well, as everybody knows, using a RISC architecture allows them to make much faster processors. Intel just wishes they could make a 1GHz chip to match those speedy ARM parts. :) More seriously, less isn't always more. For instance, virtually indexed and tagged caches are a major pain.
