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		masklinn on May 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Intel mulls cutting 16 and 32-bit support, booting... > I'm guessing Intel could create something radically more power efficient and performant if they gave up on decades worth of drop-in compatibility. Like the success of IA-64?

meepmorp on May 25, 2023 [–]

I think Itanium was a success for Intel in some respects. It effectively killed off PA-RISC, Alpha, and MIPS (outside of network hardware).

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