RISC, CISC or Workstations?
The processor architecture (RISC or CISC) is not the only criteria for the execution speed. The clock speed, available RAM, bus architecture, disk controller, disk cache, size of executables and many other factors results in the overall execution speed. Many workstations from Sun, HP, DEC, Motorola, Silicon Graphics, Sequent etc. may be SIGNIFICANTLY faster than a 486 processor, but may not be. It depends on the manufacturer model used (the CPU and clock speed), and the task being performed. Some RISC hardware may run noticeably slower, than a 486/50 or Pentium CPU. Linux for instance performs startlingly well on all platforms we have used it with. The Intel chips are a lot more powerful than they seem when handicapped by DOS, or MS-Windows.
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