Re: Tahoe and Alpha Architectures

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From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:52

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On 2018-04-24, Charles Richmond <nume...@aquaporin4.com> wrote:

> The Tahoe architecture and the DEC Alpha architecture both are much 
> nicer on the assembly level than the x86 architecture.  Not many here 
> would disagree with that. Why does Intel *not* produce modern versions 
> of those architectures and PC makers use those???
>
> Most of modern software can be re-compiled for the new instruction sets.
>
> Tell me why Intel should *not* adopt these architectures; not really why 
> Intel does not...

I suspect that the answer begins with a dollar sign.

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