Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ubc-vision!alberta!steve From: steve@alberta.UUCP (Steve Sutphen) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: a thought provoking note on RISC processors Message-ID: <1007@pembina.UUCP> Date: 6 Jan 88 18:19:38 GMT Organization: U. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Lines: 8 Keywords: humerous contradictory I found the quotation from Charles E. Sporck - President of National Semiconductor - rather thought provoking: "No RISC processor will be introduced unless it is compatible with the existing 32000 microprocessor line." Electronics, December 17, 1987, pp.32 I wonder if he was misquoted? steve.