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To: fyodor_ who wrote (34628)4/3/2001 7:31:59 AM
From: combjellyRespond to of 275872
 
"The only way to do that would be to use some sort of Transmeta-ish technology. "

If the instructions are close enough, something I don't know if they are, then AMD could use a similar technique as they did with x86-64 to emulate PowerPC without using Transmeta-type technology. Since PowerPC is an almost RISC, it might work. I really need to look at the PowerPC instruction set...