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Virtual memory is exceedingly slow and difficult without hardware support. Vector operations (SIMD etc) aren't necessarily RISC vs CISC; it is orthogonal. The
by joshu 14y ago
Virtual memory is exceedingly slow and difficult without hardware support.
Vector operations (SIMD etc) aren't necessarily RISC vs CISC; it is orthogonal. The very notion of RISC vs CISC is practically an antiquated notion now.
- astrodust 14y agoEspecially since modern Intel processors are mostly RISC-like inside with a CISC decoding layer wrapped around it. The difference is academic as it all boils down to similar CPU-level code and seems more dependent on the internal design of the chip than the instruction set.