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There's a tidy mathematical progression in Apple CPU architectures. 6502 (Apple 1,2,3): 1976 68k (Mac): 1984 (+8 years) PPC: 1994 (+10 years) x86: 2006 (+12
by Teongot 6y ago
There's a tidy mathematical progression in Apple CPU architectures.
6502 (Apple 1,2,3): 1976
68k (Mac): 1984 (+8 years)
PPC: 1994 (+10 years)
x86: 2006 (+12 years)
ARM: 2020 (+14 years)
If the trend continues, we will see Apple's next architecture in 2036.
- ithkuil 6y ago2036, Apple Mill
- mhh__ 6y agoWell, the people behind the Mill might not being around in 16 years time. That being said, I would really like to see the Mill make it to Silicon - even if it doesn't work in the end, it's much more interesting to me than RISC-V.
- ithkuil 6y agoPatents will survive their retirement ;-) I assume RISC-V appeal is because it's open and thus allows people to explore (proprietary) implementations while maintaining compatibility at the ISA level. If I understand correctly you cannot do this with Mill either. Their work looks very interesting, but I'm not drawn in writing an fpga implementation or work on a toolchain for it, since I know any success may be impeded by patents
- jecel 6y agoWhat about the Apple IIgs (1986) and its 65C816 processor? I suppose it would be valid to consider it a version of the 6502 if you are not separating 32 and 64 bit PPCs, x86 and ARMs.