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> But is a ISA that wasn’t designed for embedded really that well suited for it? But 8051 was designed for embedded: > The Intel MCS-51 (commonly termed 8051)
by zokier 7y ago
> But is a ISA that wasn’t designed for embedded really that well suited for it?
But 8051 was designed for embedded:
> The Intel MCS-51 (commonly termed 8051) is a single chip microcontroller (MCU) series developed by Intel in 1980 for use in embedded systems
(wikipedia)
> I can’t imagine how a clean, embedded first 32bit ISA design wouldn’t be more appropriate
I guess we'll see how riscv will develop.
- tambourine_man 7y agoAh, I didn’t know that. I thought it was a repurposed chip. That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.