Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 16:00:36 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net> To: Michael Bernstein <bernsteinm@gmail.com> Cc: jasonharback <jasonharback@frontiernet.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Robert Slade <bsd@bathnetworks.com> Subject: Re: Sparc vs i386 architecture Message-ID: <20060108155751.H22903@chylonia.3miasto.net> In-Reply-To: <019f01c613d4$c3a39530$7d026496@montana9> References: <000601c6133d$0c463ba0$6500a8c0@ctusf.org> <1136619829.15229.23.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> <019f01c613d4$c3a39530$7d026496@montana9>
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> Hi group, I was just wondering if there's an advantage to running FreeBSD on > a SPARC than compared with a regular PC. Obviously the architecture is > different (CISC vs RISC). How ever you can purchase a higher powered PC box > for less money than it would cost for a SPARC. > user Opteron/Athlon64 - better than both :) AMD made RISC-like architecture that just runs i386-like code (i386+more registers and few extra instructions, while lots of mostly-unused instructions emulated). possible latest SUN processor may be comparable in speed at 100 times higher price :)
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