RISC vs. CISC in the mobile era »
Posted By cactushair 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & TechnologyFor any Ars Technica readers who've been with us since 1998 and who fondly recall the "RISC vs. CISC" wars of yesteryear, I've got great news: the battle is back on. Here's a look at the new state of play.
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Dionys4 months, 3 weeks ago
RISC v CISC is moot. Very few people (such as SETI) make use of distributed networking. Here's mobile's chance to let peoples' mobiles that aren't in heavy use to be vampired by people using processor-intensive programs.
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Endoscopy4 months, 3 weeks ago
What makes the one better than the other is how fast memory is. RISC performs better when memory is slower and CISC performs better when memory is faster. Always in a state of flux.
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