alt Hacker NewsComplicated, expensive CPU marketed to very high end workstation use? Nobody thought it was worth picking up even if it was faster than the alternatives.
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.
Nobody wanted to bet payroll on a weird new ISA with no volume story. The "faster" part only matters if your compiler and OS aren't tripping over oddball silicon limits every patch release and that was a huge if back then, because once the toolchain, ABI, and kernel are all fighting the chip the benchmark win dies fast.