Subject: Re: bootable cdrom
To: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 02/13/2005 00:59:52
On Feb 13, 2005, at 12:56 AM, der Mouse wrote:
>> There's nothing particularly speedy about the x86 architecture.  The
>> only reason those guys get any performance at all out of their
>> systems is the amazing process technology which results in huge clock
>> rates.  It's still a mid-1970s processor architecture.
>
> And that's why all even vaguely modern implementations of it are
> actually RISC CPUs running x86 emulators.

   Yep.

> I've often wished to be let at the real metal on a modern CPU.  (Well,
> I suppose I can get (close to) that by getting a powerpc or some such.
> I guess I really mean "I've often wished I could get a modern cheap CPU
> without the performance-crippling x86 emulation layer".)

   ROFL!  Yes I agree 100%. :-)

         -Dave

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