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A microprocessor architecture different from CISC and RISC. VLIW uses encoded instructions that are even more complex than the instructions used in CISC. While RISC took instruction sets in a simpler direction by making instructions smaller, VLIW moves them in a more complex direction by encoding four or more instructions into a single operation. VLIW is used in the Hewlett Packard PA-RISC series of microprocessors, and
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Very Long Instruction Word - [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: This submission from Monty Solomonwas printed here a couple days ago with the proper attributioneliminated in error. The authorship line ('by Greg Scher') wasincorrectly omitted. It is being reprinted correctly here. PAT]My gripe with the hype around Skype and five good reasons why youshouldn't cancel your other phone services just yetPosted Sep 9, 2004, 1:05 PM ET by Greg ScherI've been giving a lot of thought to all the hype that Skype has beengetting as of late. So much has been said about the great aspects nofSkype, of which there are a few, that in the interest of balancingthis with a bit of perspective on the downsides, I thought I'd throw afew of my own opinions into the ring for you all to chew on.http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/7391864753130518/
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