Can someone pass me the url on the HP article, pls, many thanks in advance Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer
[p] 678.266.3399 x304 [m] 609-346-0399 identityforge.com This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately or let us know at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED], and then delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Eells Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 4:48 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: "The Register" article on HP replacing z Ken Porowski wrote: <snip> > The fact that the z10 was a 'new' platform shows they > are/do consider it worthwhile. Of course it could just be a step > towards emulating z/Architecture over another instruction set. I heard > someone make the comment that even the z10 (and possibly earlier) were > RISC with CISC in the milli-micro-etc. code? <snip> I have _no_ idea where these rumors come from! 668 of the 894 instructions on the z10 EC (about 75%) are implemented entirely in hardware. I don't know about anyone else, but I would not exactly call 668 hardware instructions "RISC." For more than you probably want to know, see: http://www.ibm.com/systems/resources/systems_z_news_announcement_pdf_ZSO0301 8.pdf http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/pdfs/sg247515.pdf -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
