@Taniwha - I can't reply to you directly because we're so deep, thread-wise. I appreciate and understand the discussion around IPC and how BOOM is a significan

@Taniwha - I can't reply to you directly because we're so deep, thread-wise. I appreciate and understand the discussion around IPC and how BOOM is a significant improvement on the state of the craft. I cut my early programming teeth by developing PPC and SPARC versions of my business' embedded software products. I'm a longtime fan of alternative architectures and keep up with the industry through attendance at events such as Hot Chips. I am familiar with the terminology here and am not disputing it or the findings of the benchmark. My point was that using IPC in this way obfuscates how far these architectures have yet to go to be competitive in certain markets. Said market competitiveness was the original discussion topic up-thread.