9 Dec
2007
9 Dec
'07
14:07
Aaron Kulkis wrote:
Initially, i thought RISC was a crazy idea, compared to the ultra-CISC VAX-11 instruction set...but then when I read about the issues with page faults... I was almost immediately convinced that yes indeed, the RISC guys did have a very, very important point, and that the Clipper chip and others weren't so crazy after all.
I believe the Clipper chip was part of a U.S. government initiated encryption system that included a back door. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org