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Copying and pasting a press release does not make for a good comment. Especially because you don't seem to have understood what you pasted in, or the context of
by wtallis 10mo ago
Copying and pasting a press release does not make for a good comment. Especially because you don't seem to have understood what you pasted in, or the context of this discussion. What you're demonstrating is several more new features added to the pile. Intel's retracted X86S proposal was actually about removing legacy features, creating a cleaner subset for the modern era.
- tester756 10mo agoBoth x86S and advisory group is about the same: improving x86. As of today it resulted in more features, but who knows what changes it will bring tomorrow? Calling x86 clean up initiative dead/cancelled is quite not fair since this group is still working.
- lloydatkinson 10mo ago??? https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-terminates-x86s-initiative-unilateral-quest-to-de-bloat-x86-instruction-set-comes-to-an-end https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-termin...
- tester756 10mo agohttps://www.amd.com/en/blogs/2025/amd-and-intel-celebrate-first-anniversary-of-x86-ecosys.html https://www.amd.com/en/blogs/2025/amd-and-intel-celebrate-fi...
- lloydatkinson 10mo agoIt was cancelled two months after this, in my linked article
- tester756 10mo agoWhat? Your linked article is 2024 My linked article is 2025.
- ksec 10mo agoHi Wtallis, any insight as to why they abandoned the idea? I was looking forward to x86s and may be even reshaping some of the x86-64 instructions. But looks like that is largely gone as well.