Agreed. I was looking at the quoted article's comment about mmx and x87 being obsolete. No matter how obsolete or old you still have to find room on the die

Agreed. I was looking at the quoted article's comment about mmx and x87 being obsolete. No matter how obsolete or old you still have to find room on the die to mush in all this old cruft. Maybe eventually, it'll get pushed into some software emulation on top of more recent extensions.