"John P. Looney" wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 01:02:47AM +0000, Niall mentioned:
> > Sounds quite interesting, though I'd reserve judgement. However, I have
> > one question - the presentation goes on about how a simple smart
> > microprocessor is easier and quicker to design, so how come it took them
> > 4.5 years ? :-)
>> They did say that 70% of the work was in the software around the
> processor...
>
Sorta like, "We made the hardware softer, by making the software harder"
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