Analysis: x86 Vs PPC 129
Gentu writes "Nicholas Blachford (engineer of the PPC-based PEGASOS Platform) wrote a long and detailed article, comparing the PPC and the x86 architectures on a number of levels: performance, Vector processing and Power Consumption differences, architectural differences, RISC Vs CISC and more. The article is up-to-date and so it takes the G5 into account too."
Hackers (Score:2, Funny)
<z3r0-c00l> Yeah, RISC is good
Now you can be as smart as they were almost a decade ago.
Re:PPC comes out on top! (Score:4, Funny)
In other news, it has been discovered that the current crop of teenagers has invented sex.
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dang, somebody better tell intel (Score:4, Funny)
Law of diminishing returns (Score:3, Funny)
As opposed to economists, thousands of years ago.
Re:These arguments are so tired (Score:3, Funny)
No, what this really does is give occasional gamers something to brag about to their friends with PCs. While the aforementioned friend is playing, say, Half-Life 2 and the Mac guy is burning with envy, the Mac guy can at least say "Well, my computer's faster on these benchmarks!"
Re:how long can x86 go? (Score:5, Funny)