3 ms·

Well this can happen when you keep a very old architecture for a long time and only add new features while keeping backwards compatibility forever. Even then sw

Well this can happen when you keep a very old architecture for a long time and only add new features while keeping backwards compatibility forever. Even then switch to 64-bit involved several missed opportunities to clean things up properly.

JdeBP 9y ago
It would be interesting to know whether any Itanium processors ever suffered from these (now disclosed) bugs.