Note that I actually think Itanium is somewhat architecturally interesting and that VLIW is both simultaneously over and under estimated/appreciated. I wanted t

Note that I actually think Itanium is somewhat architecturally interesting and that VLIW is both simultaneously over and under estimated/appreciated. I wanted to just highlight the example of a chip that definitely shook the world, and it didn't even have to succeed to do it! Regarding the Mill: I still haven't heard a (good) answer for the perennial question: Where's the ILP? Every time I ask this question, I'm pointed to the "phasing" talk. The issue is: 1) It's quite similar to a skewed pipeline (which Denver already has) in which you "statically schedule across branches" and delay the start until it's inputs are ready. Now, Denver did quite well indeed, but it's hardly a replacement for OoO. 2) Even from the examples that they show, it's clear that this is no where near 3x the ILP, at best, even from their own example, it provides 2x. I hope the Mill can do well in embedded because they have quite a few good ideas (albeit many of which have already been done which they claim is their own, such as XOR-ing addresses, done by Samhita), and because the computer architecture industry is currently starved for innovation.