Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 19:41:10 05/18/02
True RISC Processing
The new Star line uses Motorola's new RISC processor technology. RISC is an
acronym for Reduced Instruction Set Chip. A simple description of what that
means is the chip uses a more efficient group of internal commands to accomplish
its task. This technology, developed by Motorola, allows processors to process
information more quickly. Those of you familiar with Macintosh know of the G4
RISC processors, which process information faster than Pentium or Athlon
processors of the same clock speed. A G4 750mHz processor will run 2 to 3 times
faster than a 1200mHz (1.2gHz) Pentium 4, partially due to the difference
between RISC and DISC (Pentium or Athlon) processors. The processor also
generally runs much cooler, extending the lifetime of the chips themselves. The
new Novag chess computers utilize this newer processor technology, and the gains
are seen in substantially higher playing strengths, at much faster speeds.
According to Novag, the Star Sapphire, utilizing the SH7020 16mHz RISC
processor, will have and estimated ELO rating of 2530. The Star Diamond,
utilizing the SH7020 20mHz RISC processor, will have and estimated ELO rating of
2550. All the Star series computers use 1 megabyte of Program Capacity (ROM) and
256k of capacity random access memory (RAM).
Pricing and Availability
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