The discussion has gone along the lines of discussing efficiency along electrical terms usually evaluated in terms of physics. However, the fellows at Freescale are precisely correct (as well as those knowledgeable in using the Cell and PowerPC to it's advantage) if one is discussing efficiency in terms of computer architecture and the subcategory of memory design regarding how data is passed between the registers. The same term means completely different things in different fields.
I'm sure everyone is familiar with that. Remember that in Biology it can be successfully argued that compared to insects, humans are the least efficient living organism. Viruses are even more efficient of course, but they are not living. Best wishes ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hal Martin wrote: > AFAIK from what I've heard from guys working at Freescale, the PPC > chip, it is *MUCH* more efficient than anything that Intel or AMD is > currently offering. How they can justify that when I can almost fry an > egg on the bottom of my PowerBook, I don't know. > > Hal > > _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
