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Article #623238Re: Tahoe and Alpha Architectures
From: J. Clarke
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 01:53
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 01:53
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On 24 Apr 2018 19:52:13 GMT, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote: >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. It does but not the way you mean. Windows NT runs on Alpha, i860, MIPS R4000, PowerPC, Itanium, and SPARC. None of them except x86 developed enough sales to pay for continued development. So the dollar sign is in the cost of continuing to develop for a dead platform.
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