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Subject: Re: Difference between RICS and DISC Processors

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 06:02:21 05/19/02

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On May 18, 2002 at 22:41:10, Jorge Pichard wrote:

Please don't quote the nonsense from motorola.

Sure the G4 is a nice processor but 750Mhz is pretty slow.
Actually it is theoretic impossible it outguns a P4 at 2.5Ghz.

Best regards,
Vincent

>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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