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I'm so old I've seen many of these cycles where some new CPU blew everything else away and everyone said the competitors were done. Most of these "competitor-ki
by dboreham 5y ago
I'm so old I've seen many of these cycles where some new CPU blew everything else away and everyone said the competitors were done. Most of these "competitor-killer" CPUs are not even remembered today (HP PA-7000 anyone?)
- sophacles 5y agoIntel even did it to themselves. Itanium was supposed to be an x86 killer iirc.
- booi 5y agoItanium didn't work but not only because of hardware. They didn't invest nearly enough in developer relations, compiler tech, contributions to other compilers and working with Microsoft to ensure a good landing spot for their tech. That and huge die sizes which in turn resulted in high prices just didn't make it competitive considering all the other stuff.
- madengr 5y ago
- pram 5y agoPA-RISC will be remembered forever in the hearts of many: https://youtu.be/VLTh4uVJduI https://youtu.be/VLTh4uVJduI
- scarface74 5y agoThe difference is their competitors neither had the volume or the margins to stay competitive. Mobile is much larger than desktop/server.