XIP was a thing with PCMCIA 2.1 25 years ago, but then it became more and more of a niche solution. I like to blame the ascent of Linux/x86 for that, at least i

XIP was a thing with PCMCIA 2.1 25 years ago, but then it became more and more of a niche solution. I like to blame the ascent of Linux/x86 for that, at least in part.