| ??? 02/13/07 13:57 Read: times |
#132753 - The clue is in the name Responding to: ???'s previous message |
J.sathish Kumar said:
3.The powerful instruction set, what they actually denoted. Well, let's think about the words: "Power" is the rate of doing work; A "microprocessor" does processing. So the "power" of a (micro)processor is a measure of how much and/or how fast it can process. Some tasks involve a large amount of processing, so require a powerful processor; others do not require much processing, so do not require a powerful processor! For example, high-definition video requires a very great deal of processing, but simply flashing an LED requires very little processing. |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| powerful instruction set | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| it's relative | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Off-topic? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| The clue is in the name | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Creation of instruction sets | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Why do you think that? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| There's an echo in here! | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| we'll see | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| if you compare it with say the Z80 | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| It was also the most popular micro on the market | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| And the 6502? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I liked that one ... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I'm sorry, Andy... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Old Book? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| RISC ??? back then ??? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
No | 01/01/70 00:00 |