> On Sat, Apr 25, 1998 at 06:11:53PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > Alexander Kjeldaas <astor@guardian.no> writes:
> > > inlined 'mov' instructions. This was not done for the pentium which as
> > > a much simpler "RISC"-like internal design.
> >
> > The Pentium indeed has a much simpler design. But RISC-like, no. Not even
> > between a handful of quotes. A "RISC-like" internal design cannot exist since
> > RISC refers to a style of instruction sets and has nothing whatsoever to do
> > with any implementation style.
>
> The term "RISC-like internal design" makes sense. I'm not completely sure about
> how the Pentium looks inside, but for example the NexGen 586, (and this applies
Strictly speaking, the NexGens and the K6 are RISC processors
with an embedded x86 JIT compiler/interpreter.
Rik.
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