I still have some of the 88000 reference manuals, and it was really my first introduction to RISC architecture, and I thought it was great. But I never figured out why companies like Apple never chose it for their CPU?
Complicated, expensive CPU marketed to very high end workstation use? Nobody thought it was worth picking up even if it was faster than the alternatives.
I still have some of the 88000 reference manuals, and it was really my first introduction to RISC architecture, and I thought it was great. But I never figured out why companies like Apple never chose it for their CPU?
Complicated, expensive CPU marketed to very high end workstation use? Nobody thought it was worth picking up even if it was faster than the alternatives.