Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!sgi!shinobu!rodman From: rodman@sgi.com (Paul K. Rodman) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: What is the ratio of programs sizes CISC versus RISC Message-ID: <1991Jun14.001039.4172@shinobu.sgi.com> Date: 14 Jun 91 00:10:39 GMT References: <3429@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <1991Jun13.173625.24315@rice.edu> Sender: news@shinobu.sgi.com (Net News) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 20 In article <1991Jun13.173625.24315@rice.edu> preston@ariel.rice.edu (Preston Briggs) writes: >pb@idca.tds.philips.nl (Peter Brouwer) writes: >>| Who can give me some information about the ratio of program sizes of RISC >>| versus CISC. Code size (text) and total executable file size, both 32 >>bit systems, both unix flavors. >I don't much like this sort of comparison. >..... >Of course, I'd really prefer to count delays caused by I-cache misses. > >Preston Briggs Right on. Of course you should at itlb misses and text page faults to really be totally fair...:-) -- Paul K. Rodman Advanced Systems Division rodman@sgi.com Silicon Graphics, Inc. KA1ZA Mountain View, Ca.