> Qualcomm wants to remove it because it is actively harmful for fast implementations Qualcomm's "fast implementation" reportedly started out life as an ARM co

> Qualcomm wants to remove it because it is actively harmful for fast implementations Qualcomm's "fast implementation" reportedly started out life as an ARM core and has had it's decoders replaced. That explanation makes their very different use of the instruction space make much more sense to me than any other. They did the minimum to adapt an existing design. Not the stuff of lasting engineering.