November 1994 / Core Technologies

November 1994 / Core Technologies

VLIW Questions

table VLIW Technology

Will VLIW mean ``very long investm ent window'' for Hewlett-Packard and Intel?
- by Peter Wayner

What is VLIW?

VLIW (very large instruction word) describes an instruction-set philosophy in which the compiler packs a number of simple, noninterdependent operations into the same instruction word.

Whither NextStep?

Next's proselytizing for object-oriented development may set the stage for Taligent and Windows NT
- by Bruce F. Webster

Power Mac Code Optimizations

table Listing: Polling the Event Manager--A Sample Listing

table Listing: Timed Event Manager Call--A Sample Listing

Understanding this RISC system's run-time architecture will let you write faster native applications
- by Tom Thompson

Running the Frame-Relay Race

table The Frame-Relay Advantage

table Glossary of Frame-Relay Terms

Know the ups and downs that await you when implementing this low-cost LAN-to-WAN connection
- by Michael Mcparland and Ethan Wilansky

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