Although complex, the transistor count of CISC decoders do not grow exponentially like the total number of transistors per processor ( the majority typically used for caches ).

Although the Alpha processor family met both of these goals, and, for most of its lifetime, was the fastest processor family on the market, it did little to affect the bottom line or repair the company's status.

Although the 8080 was generally an 8-bit processor, it also had limited abilities to perform 16-bit operations: Any of the three 16-bit register pairs ( BC, DE, HL ) or SP could be loaded with an immediate 16-bit value ( using LXI ), incremented or decremented ( using INX and DCX ), or added to HL ( using DAD ).

# Although RISC was indeed able to scale up in performance quite quickly and cheaply, Intel took advantage of its large market by spending vast amounts of money on processor development.

Although SGI continued to market Itanium-based machines, its more recent machines were based on the Intel Xeon processor.

Although the same is true for any super-scalar processor design, the level of parallelism in a SIMD system is typically much higher.

Although the 8085 is an 8-bit processor, it also has some 16-bit operations.

Although ARCNET could at one time outperform a Ethernet in a busy office on slow processors, ARCNET ultimately gave way to Ethernet as improved processor speeds reduced the impact of collisions on overall throughput, and Ethernet costs dropped.

Although software tools are available for testing hardware stability, it is generally impossible for any private individual to thoroughly test the functionality of a processor.

Although many people reported that Sun Microsystems ' UltraSPARC T1 ( known as " Niagara " until its 14 November 2005 release ) and the now defunct processor codenamed " Rock " ( originally announced in 2005, but after many delays cancelled in 2009 ) are implementations of SPARC focused almost entirely on exploiting SMT and CMP techniques, Niagara is not actually using SMT.

Although such medium security may deter a casual hacker, the lack of a processor core in the dongle to authenticate data, perform encryption / decryption, and execute inaccessible binary code makes such a passive dongle inappropriate for all but the lowest-priced software.

Although there is one main memory, there are several caches ( one per processor ), and unless preventative steps are taken, the same memory location may be loaded into two caches, and given two different values.

Although Tremolo and Loveless featured more sampling and sampled guitar, Shields has noted that a Jaguar or Jazzmaster with some strings in an open tuning combined with an effects processor ( such as the Yamaha SPX90 ) can achieve a massive swirling guitar sound with one guitar, whilst sounding like numerous overdubs.

Although seen more often as an educational device, pancake sorting also appears in applications in parallel processor networks, in which it can provide an effective routing algorithm between processors.

Although the small die size and low power-usage made the processor notably inexpensive to manufacture, it never gained much market share.

Although this add-on contained two 32-bit CPU chips and a 3D graphics processor, it failed to attract either developers or consumers as the superior Saturn had already been announced for release the next year.

Although the hardware QSystem ( TM ) professional mixing processors and plug-in producer-side software tools were significant product offerings in the 1990s, most QSound technology is now incorporated in end-user products ( such as video game software, computer sound cards and home entertainment electronics ) by means of analog integrated circuits, digital signal processor ( DSP ) software libraries, host processor software and the like.

Although more capable hardware can use a wider variety of sizes of data, market forces exert pressure to maintain backward compatibility while extending processor capability.

Although the device boasts compatibility with the majority of titles for both the NES and SNES, cartridges with an extra processor ( like the SA-1 chip found on Super Mario RPG ) are not supported.

Although the Archimedes market was relatively small, it had a fast 32-bit RISC processor with a slim accelerated pipeline that encouraged fast graphics operations.

Although a few logic circuits were on the motherboard, primarily for I / O functions, both the processor and the memory resided in separate daughterboards.

Although it was dark as usual I could see that the hall had only recently contained a great many people.

Although New Orleans was not to learn of it for a spell, she also was a sadist, a nymphomaniac and unobtrusively mad -- the perpetrator of some of the worst crimes against humanity ever committed on American soil.

Although Faulkner was the heir in his own family to this tradition, he did not have Stark Young's inclination to romanticize and sentimentalize the planter society.

Although his tender nights were not the ones I dreamed of, nor was it for yachts, sports cars, tall drinks, and swimming pools, nor yet for money or what money buys that I burned, I too was burning and watching myself burn.

Although after much trouble he did manage to get it back, he discovered there was no trade to be had.

Although he did not attend any celebrated schools or universities, he was a master of Greek and Hebrew and could read the Bible in the original.

Although the fort was evacuated in the face of the force of Cornwallis, Morgan and his men did have a chance to take another swing at the redcoats.

Although because of the important achievements of nineteenth century scholars in the field of textual criticism the advance is not so striking as it was in the case of archaeology and place-names, the editorial principles laid down by Stevenson in his great edition of Asser and in his Crawford Charters were a distinct improvement upon those of his predecessors and remain unimproved upon today.

Although Mr. Brown was not himself its inventor ( it was a French idea ), it is typical that his intuition first conceived the importance of mass producing this basic tool for general use.

Although it was a mere fragment of the victim's remains, it was enough.

Although there were only four fluids tested, it was apparent that there were two distinct types.

Although the tape was run for over 1 hr., a steady state was not reached, and it was concluded that the reason for this was that the back pressure of the manometer was built up from the material fed from between the blocks and this was available at a very slow rate.

-- Although there was some variation in results which must be attributed either to trace impurities or to variation in wall effects, the photochemical exchange in the gas phase was sufficiently reproducible so that it seemed meaningful to compare the reaction rates in different series of reaction tubes for the purpose of obtaining information on the effect of chlorine concentration and of carbon tetrachloride concentration on the reaction rate.

Although the Taylor Scale was designed as a group testing device, in this study it was individually administered by psychologically trained workers who established rapport and assisted the children in reading the items.

Although he improved on the arching of his father's instruments, by and large they are inferior and no match for the greatest maker of his day, Antonio Stradivari.

Although a concubine could produce heirs, her children would be inferior in social status to " legitimate " children.

Although the production lasted eighty performances, his Macbeth was judged inferior to his Hamlet.

Although they found it superior in most ways, it was still at an early stage of development ; the Marines chose the technically inferior but mature M16.

Although Germany used forced labourers in most occupied countries, Poles and other Slavs were viewed as inferior by Nazi propaganda, thus, better suited for such duties.

Although inferior courts are bound in theory by superior court precedent, in practice judges may sometimes attempt to evade precedent by distinguishing it on spurious grounds.

Although Nazi Germany also used forced laborers from Western Europe, Poles, along with other Eastern Europeans viewed as racially inferior, were subject to deeper discriminatory measures.

Although Scott had attained celebrity through his poetry, he soon tried his hand at documenting his researches into the oral tradition of the Scottish Borders in prose fiction – stories and novels – at the time still considered aesthetically inferior to poetry ( above all to such classical genres as the epic or poetic tragedy ) as a mimetic vehicle for portraying historical events.

Although an excellent conductor of heat, it has somewhat inferior volumetric heat capacity as cast iron or carbon steel, it loses heat to convection much faster than carbon steel, and it may be constructed much thinner than cast iron.

Although subsequent reprintings are sometimes possible, they differ greatly from the first print and are generally considered inferior.

Although the optical sound should have been inferior in quality to magnetic sound ( running at 3. 6 inches per second for 24 frames per second ), in practice it was often much better, largely because packaged movie magnetic sound was often poorly recorded.

Although she is considered to have been intellectually inferior to both Joseph and Leopold, Maria Theresa understood the importance of her public persona and was able to simultaneously evoke both esteem and affection from her subjects.

Although graduates recall the school being viewed as blue-collar and academically inferior to Male High School in its early days, numerous early graduates went on to become medical doctors, and students published a literary magazine called The Crimson from 1899 to 1955.

Although Æthelfrith commanded an inferior force, according to Bede, he won a crushing victory at a place called Degsastan ; most of Áedán's army was killed, and Áedán himself fled.

Although these lands contained great wealth, his military resources were inferior to Severus ’.

Although sertraline can be used for the treatment of premature ejaculation a comparative study found it to be inferior to another SSRI, paroxetine.

Although the Russian Army was numerically inferior to the combined Anglo-French army, they occupied a natural defensive position.

Although the Austrian VIII Corps under Benedek was numerically inferior, they were able to ward of all Sardinian attacks until the entire Austrian army retired from the field at the end of day.

Although subsequent reprintings are sometimes possible, they differ greatly from the first print and are generally considered inferior.

Although brain damage to many regions may cause it, it is most commonly associated with the inferior frontal gyrus, a region that overlaps with motor cortex controlling the mouth and tongue.

Although a serial link may seem inferior to a parallel one, since it can transmit less data per clock cycle, it is often the case that serial links can be clocked considerably faster than parallel links in order to achieve a higher data rate.

Although many English historians speak of King Edward's fleet as inferior in number to the French, it is certain that he sailed from the Orwell on 22 June with 200 sail, and that he was joined on the coast of Flanders by his admiral for the North Sea, Sir Robert Morley, with 50 more.

Although none of the Leaders, nor principal Instigators and Abettors of the Rebellion, thought fit to avail themselves of the opportunity given them to return to their Duty, we have some satisfaction in observing that so considerable a number of His Majesty's deluded Subjects, of inferior Rank, in those Provinces where the Proclamation could be expect to have Effect, were disposed to relinquish the unjust Cause they had been once induced to support.

Although technically inferior to other racing vehicles such as the Mammoth Car and the GRX, the Mach 5 manages to win most races because of Speed's superior driving skill.