I used to think this, but Intel chips just keep getting faster and providing more bang for the buck. Ultimately I think CPU architecture details are kind of meaningless nowadays unless you’re either a device driver writer or enjoy surfing the bare metal Just Because.
Intel chips are not the reason why OpenBSD dropped this particular architecture.
Diversity among supported platforms pays off, and there’s sufficient diversity left without the vax.
Better undeadly link
I wonder which one that is.
Looks like ARMv8…
Finding reliable alpha hardware is getting harder, but I think that is also true of sparc….
It’s a shame that CPU architectures seems to have stagnated (ignoring the proliferation of arm chips…)
I used to think this, but Intel chips just keep getting faster and providing more bang for the buck. Ultimately I think CPU architecture details are kind of meaningless nowadays unless you’re either a device driver writer or enjoy surfing the bare metal Just Because.
Compiler writers care.
To elaborate:
Memory ordering semantics on Alpha and x86/64 are waaaay different. To the point of near insanity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_ordering
Intel chips are not the reason why OpenBSD dropped this particular architecture. Diversity among supported platforms pays off, and there’s sufficient diversity left without the vax.
I knew this was coming when the ports mailing list had an email titled Once vax is gone…