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It's not like Intel wanted that crude 8080-on-steroids to be the long-term future. They could dream about higher-level hardware too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
by kryptiskt 12y ago
It's not like Intel wanted that crude 8080-on-steroids to be the long-term future. They could dream about higher-level hardware too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_iAPX_432 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_iAPX_432
- hga 12y agoAnd their RISC designs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_i960 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_i960 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_i860 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_i860 And we shouldn't forget, although many would like to, their first 64 bit processor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itanium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itanium
- lisper 12y agoThe i960 was a beautiful processor. Lots of general purpose registers, nice orthogonal instruction set. It's a damn shame it didn't catch on.