Of course, SSE/NEON was decades in the future.
As we note, Intel did not value backwards compatibility at the outset of the i386.
Perhaps an Acorn acquisition and the sudden ownership of a low-power CPU that they could make for peanuts might have also had a profound impact.
It would have been interesting to see Intel making BBC Micros.
Of course, SSE/NEON was decades in the future.
As we note, Intel did not value backwards compatibility at the outset of the i386.
Perhaps an Acorn acquisition and the sudden ownership of a low-power CPU that they could make for peanuts might have also had a profound impact.
It would have been interesting to see Intel making BBC Micros.