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From: aglew@mcdurb.Urbana.Gould.COM
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: When is RISC not RISC?
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Date: 31 Jan 89 16:08:00 GMT
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>   I think the real problem here is a poorly named acronym, but it
>   probably sounded "cute" (I, for one, am quite tired of papers
>   titled "A RISCy blah blah blah" etc).
>
>   Perhaps we could have a new buzzword contest, how about SOC (simple,
>   orthogonal computer)?
>
>   ISU Comp Center

RAMM = Reduced Addressing Mode Machine

SEISM = Small, Efficient, Instruction Set Machine