Aaron Kulkis wrote:
>
> Initially, i thought RISC was a crazy idea, compared to
> the ultra-CISC VAX-11 instruction set...but then when I
> read about the issues with page faults... I was almost
> immediately convinced that yes indeed, the RISC guys did
> have a very, very important point, and that the Clipper
> chip and others weren't so crazy after all.
>
I believe the Clipper chip was part of a U.S. government initiated
encryption system that included a back door.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip


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