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I was watching Sun's site and saw the workstations they make such as the ones using SPARC processors, i was wondering, how powerful are they compared to a "normal/domestic" computer, and could they be considered a "normal/domestic" computer?
Does XP run on top of SPARC?
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Posted 13 March 2006 - 05:07 PM
xp will not run on sparc.
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Posted 13 March 2006 - 05:33 PM
What are SPARC processors?
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Posted 14 March 2006 - 03:23 AM
matrix0978, on Mar 13 2006, 03:33 PM, said:
What are SPARC processors?
Wikipedia my friend...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARC
One of the big reasons why XP will not run on the SPARC processor is because it is a RISC architecture, while XP is compiled for CISC architecture, specifically IA32 - aka X86. For a comparison of the two, read over the following two articles.
RISC - Reduced Instruction Set Computer
CISC - Complex Instruction Set Computer
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