>Sure, for the instruction set all the CPUs are required to be compatible. Isn't that the only thing we care about? Anything else is a lot like saying that In

>Sure, for the instruction set all the CPUs are required to be compatible. Isn't that the only thing we care about? Anything else is a lot like saying that Intel based PCs aren't really compatible with each other because they can use different implementations of things like graphics chips, sound chips, and NICs.