I don't know if they were meant to 'kill x86' or just support a different market. Windows NT was initially developed on the VLIW Intel i860[0]. It was also use

I don't know if they were meant to 'kill x86' or just support a different market. Windows NT was initially developed on the VLIW Intel i860[0]. It was also used in the NeXT Dimension and SGI Reality Engine graphics systems, and Stratus used it for some of their super-reliable systems. There was also the i960 which I think was mostly used in embedded systems[0] including the early F-22 flight computer which had 35!. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_i860 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_i860 [1] http://www.righto.com/2023/07/the-complex-history-of-intel-i960-risc.html http://www.righto.com/2023/07/the-complex-history-of-intel-i...