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Old 04-09-2001, 06:44 PM  
Lord Assmore
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I would say that a RISC processor with multimedia instuctions is the better.

CISC = complex instruction set computer--the machine instructions aren't hardwired but coded in microcode and have to be interpreted during execution. That's an extra layer of interpretation that slows the machine down and complicates the overall architecture.
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