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  • AMD's interest in the Ignite technology is also interesting because Ignite is a Risc-like 32-bit processor core with a strong SIMD component.

    The 271 Patent Blog Peter Zura 2005

  • AMD's interest in the Ignite technology is also interesting because Ignite is a Risc-like 32-bit processor core with a strong SIMD component.

    Archive 2005-02-01 Peter Zura 2005

  • From the article: The Cisco Silicon Packet Processor is a 40Gbps application-specific integrated circuit featuring 38 million gates, more than 187 million transistors and 188 high-performance programmable 32-bit Risc processors.

    Archive 2004-06-01 2004

  • From the article: The Cisco Silicon Packet Processor is a 40Gbps application-specific integrated circuit featuring 38 million gates, more than 187 million transistors and 188 high-performance programmable 32-bit Risc processors.

    The state of chips today 2004

  • I know that a 800mhz PA-Risc is WAY faster than an 800mhz X86 chip, but is there any direct comparison with speeds, or are the curves different shapes?

    LinuxQuestions.org Joe of Loath 2010

  • I know that a 800mhz PA-Risc is WAY faster than an 800mhz X86 chip, but is there any direct comparison with speeds, or are the curves different shapes?

    LinuxQuestions.org Joe of Loath 2010

  • The chip consists of eight cores of its own design with a 32-bit Risc controller, stacked DRAM memory and a variety of interfaces.

    The Inquirer 2010

  • And it was a lightning rod in the best sense, always a central player in the big debates roiling the computer industry (workstation vs minicomputer, Risc vs Cisc and UNIX vs Windows, come to mind).

    BusinessWeek.com -- 2009

  • The Nintendo 64 was a powerhouse of a machine and the Pentium 100's at the time did not have much of a chance at emulating the 64bit Risc PowerPC chip, not to mention the silicon graphics reality coprocessor ..

    MyLinkVault Newest Links 2009

  • And it was a lightning rod in the best sense, always a central player in the big debates roiling the computer industry (workstation vs minicomputer, Risc vs Cisc and UNIX vs Windows, come to mind).

    Hardware Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2009

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