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Subject: Re: Correction---Difference between RICS and DISC Processors

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 08:12:27 05/19/02

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On May 19, 2002 at 11:00:49, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On May 19, 2002 at 09:02:21, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>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
>>
>
>You are correct I did it for a purpose, this is bad advertisement from Motorola.
>I believe that even my AMD Athlon 1.6 Ghz is faster than a G4 933 Mhz.

http://www.apple.com/powermac

>Pichard
>
>
>>>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 933MHz 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).
>>>
>>>
>>>



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