core-like replacements would make more sense in
situations
where (for example) it would be difficult to replace the coin cell
or AA-pack or whatever every 12-18 months. So many failures
of PCs (and delightful amounts of "service" fees to repair them)
involve failure of the battery for the CMOS RAM.
12-18months????? yours must be preaged about 60months when you get them.
Because what
would the point be for a pc with core and an access time of
1000 to 10,000ns per byte/word?
That's hard disk territory, right? :-)
you dont execute directly from the disk. If we did there would eb little
need for a Xeon! ;) then again the code would be tighter.
Allison