----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ----- Von: Peter Bigot An: Eric Decker Gesendet am: 05 Apr 2011 16:24:14
>>> > Ah. I guess I got taken in by TI calling the MSP430 a RISC machine. >>> Yea, that's a lie. I asked a TI FAE about that when it came up in his >>> power-point slee--a-thon. He admitted it was a lie. >> I'd say technically its marketing. > There's a difference? There's a difference between a lie, not telling the whole truth and simplifying things. The MSP isn't a CISC too. It's more RISC than CISC (and has all advantages of a CISC by not having the drawbacks), so yes, it's not RISC but RISC-like. But you cannot explain ten pages of how RISC like it is when writing an ad. So RISC is much closer to the truth than CISC, and there's no 'MISC' in the middle. Also, RISC is no trademark and no otherwise protected term. It's a (not protectable) acronym and using it does not tie you to any definition. It's different to saying "it follows the RISC standard", which would be a lie if such a 'standard' did exist. However, the cited description of a RISC processor is no standard at all, just a description. JMGross ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev _______________________________________________ Mspgcc-users mailing list Mspgcc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mspgcc-users
