Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 12:14:19 -0800 (PST) From: Danial Thom <danial_thom@yahoo.com> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net>, Michael Bernstein <bernsteinm@gmail.com> Cc: jasonharback <jasonharback@frontiernet.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Robert Slade <bsd@bathnetworks.com> Subject: Re: Sparc vs i386 architecture Message-ID: <20060108201419.12325.qmail@web33305.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060108155751.H22903@chylonia.3miasto.net>
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--- Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net> wrote: > > Hi group, I was just wondering if there's an > advantage to running FreeBSD on > > a SPARC than compared with a regular PC. > Obviously the architecture is > > different (CISC vs RISC). How ever you can > purchase a higher powered PC box > > for less money than it would cost for a > SPARC. > > > user Opteron/Athlon64 - better than both :) > > AMD made RISC-like architecture that just runs > i386-like code (i386+more > registers and few extra instructions, while > lots of mostly-unused > instructions emulated). Thats hilarious, a "reduced instruction set" processor that has extra instructions! Good one! DT __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com
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