tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post6028265455445561463..comments2024-03-27T19:58:17.387-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: A Reduced Turing AwardLance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-50284010581346800692018-04-06T13:58:12.224-05:002018-04-06T13:58:12.224-05:00It is introduced as “reduced instruction set compu...It is introduced as “reduced instruction set computer”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-50097373683668364532018-04-02T15:14:48.153-05:002018-04-02T15:14:48.153-05:00I find the title of this post annoying. I am not a...I find the title of this post annoying. I am not a native English speaker, but I get the impression that the title (possibly inadvertently) implies that Hennessy and Patterson did not deserve the award. I apologize if I misunderstood the pun...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-20021276701600052142018-03-29T19:58:54.199-05:002018-03-29T19:58:54.199-05:00Lance, i find it ironic. you keep explaining acron...Lance, i find it ironic. you keep explaining acronyms but why didn't you explicitly state what RISC stands for.<br />Anyhow, the other funny thing is that the guy on the left looks more like Captain Jean luc picard of star trek enterprise OR Patrick Stewart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-72747225863553964092018-03-29T11:35:36.242-05:002018-03-29T11:35:36.242-05:00In a not so weird sense Intel doesn't use RISC...In a not so weird sense Intel doesn't use RISC, it uses CISC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-47091386054055430872018-03-29T10:05:34.446-05:002018-03-29T10:05:34.446-05:00From what I've heard, an Intel chip is actuall...From what I've heard, an Intel chip is actually a CISC interpreter that itself runs over a simpler machine (of course I'm simplifying a lot here), so in some weird sense Intel uses RISC.Eldar Fischernoreply@blogger.com