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x86 has this.
> Virtual memory -- useless with 4 GB of RAM at 30$.
No. This is wrong, even if you do bizarrely assume everyone can afford 4GB of RAM for their systems. There will always be workloads that need it.
> RISC being faster to execute than CISC
You can only prove this through benchmarks.
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x86 has this.
> Virtual memory -- useless with 4 GB of RAM at 30$.
No. This is wrong, even if you do bizarrely assume everyone can afford 4GB of RAM for their systems. There will always be workloads that need it.
> RISC being faster to execute than CISC
You can only prove this through benchmarks.