Re: Instruction And Data memory

In article <pan.2005.05.22.18.27.37.278277@xxxxxxxxxx>,
keith <krw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>Not at all. There is a rather big difference between the two. A modern
>x86 doesn't do well with self-modifying code, but it can. An 8051 OTOH.
>The first is clearly Princeton and the latter clearly Harvard.

The PIC is a better example for Harvard. The 8051 uses the same bus but a
different command signal. The PIC has a bus just for instuctions.


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