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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (44261)	12/29/1998 5:03:00 PM
From: Bill Jackson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572777

Tenchusatsu, For risc to bypass being decoded and go right through to the execution units there must be a method that uses minimal/zero time so the speed virtue of risc commands intermixed with cisc cammands is not wasted by decoding the risc anyway, sort of a maxwek style demon, uses no time/energy to sort them, possibly they can sieve right though with a recognition prefix that is truncated? Beats me how they do it. This would allow pure risc code to run fast and x86 to get decoded. Bear in mind I know little of these matters and my conceptualization may be wrong. Bill