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From: pec@necntc.nec.com (Paul Cohen)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: CISC Microprocessors
Message-ID: <28374@necntc.nec.com>
Date: 28 Jul 89 12:46:32 GMT
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seanf@sco.COM (Sean Fagan) states
> Well, it depends on what you want to call a CISC microprocessor.  The 680x0,
> 80x86, NS32xxx, WE32x00, NEC V series, and Transputers are all microcoded.

Just a minor correction: NEC's V33 and V53 processors are hardwired, not
microcoded.  The other V-series parts are microcoded, the subject of a
long legal battle with Intel that was recently settled in NEC's favor.