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Wow, right on page 1-2! I'm surprised -- I don't remember anything running that fast back then. Thanks. (Love those old Intel books too) Nevertheless, FWIW,
by gumby 3y ago
Wow, right on page 1-2! I'm surprised -- I don't remember anything running that fast back then. Thanks.
(Love those old Intel books too)
Nevertheless, FWIW, MIPS started out as Vax MIPS, and at first people often used to write "VAX MIPS".
- vardump 3y ago8051 might run at 12 MHz, but actual instructions run in multiples of 12 clock cycles. Realistic code on a 8051 runs only about 450k-800k instructions per second @12 MHz.