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Intel did try to introduce a high level CPU in 1981: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_iAPX_432 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_iAPX_432 It failed due t
by rogerbinns 10y ago
Intel did try to introduce a high level CPU in 1981: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_iAPX_432 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_iAPX_432
It failed due to very poor performance. There is an excellent paper by Bob Colwell about why the performance turned out the way it did. Prior HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9447097 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9447097
- nickpsecurity 10y agoThe i960 was a much better attempt. Baseline version had just enough smarts to improve safety or reliability while still overall a fast RISC. Got some customers in embedded.