There is a whole world of those systems, those are usually called "DSP", and TI is just one example of those. Basically, microprocessors optimized at math opera

There is a whole world of those systems, those are usually called "DSP", and TI is just one example of those. Basically, microprocessors optimized at math operations and lower cost, at the expense of compatibility. I have programmed them in the past, and yeah, you have to thread carefully. Many existing libraries are nor ready for the wide chars.