Re: Tahoe and Alpha Architectures

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From: Scott Lurndal
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 13:54

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Charles Richmond <nume...@aquaporin4.com> writes:
>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???

Because others have.   ARMv8 and PowerPC are two examples.

>
>Most of modern software can be re-compiled for the new instruction sets.

At enormous expense.

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