From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] speaking of kenc
Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 08:46:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e639172ffc29afbacd991d4364e1c5cd@proxima.alt.za> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a9951d2a0705052330p27e68c25q81a35bba62ebdd52@mail.gmail.com>
> the root of all this evil is the designer of the processor. can we
> make them change their ways? not until we start designing our own.
This has puzzled me for years. Why are processors designed by
engineers who seem to have no software understanding?
Is it the same reason that only car manufactures dictate car design?
And is it auspicious that others are entering the arena with new
ideas? Or are desktop computers doomed to run Wintel for ever?
++L
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2007-04-27 3:08 erik quanstrom
2007-04-27 3:44 ` David Leimbach
2007-04-27 4:56 ` Bruce Ellis
2007-04-27 6:21 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2007-04-27 4:54 ` Joel C. Salomon
2007-04-27 4:58 ` Bruce Ellis
2007-04-27 11:00 ` Charles Forsyth
2007-04-27 13:49 ` David Leimbach
2007-04-27 16:23 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2007-04-29 2:02 ` erik quanstrom
2007-04-29 2:55 ` Tim Wiess
2007-04-29 6:42 ` Uriel
2007-04-29 20:47 ` Charles Forsyth
2007-04-30 8:29 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2007-04-30 13:08 ` Uriel
2007-05-01 0:22 ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-01 14:45 ` Jon Snader
2007-05-01 14:56 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2007-05-01 15:12 ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-01 15:29 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2007-05-01 21:32 ` Jon Snader
2007-05-02 0:04 ` Derek Fawcus
2007-05-02 8:44 ` Charles Forsyth
2007-05-01 15:51 ` Anthony Sorace
2007-05-02 8:32 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2007-05-02 9:00 ` Steve Simon
2007-05-03 1:32 ` David Arnold
2007-05-03 3:39 ` Adrian Tritschler
2007-05-03 3:57 ` Paul Lalonde
2007-05-03 4:11 ` Federico Benavento
2007-05-03 13:34 ` Anthony Sorace
2007-05-03 22:04 ` LiteStar numnums
2007-05-04 1:45 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2007-05-04 1:51 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2007-05-04 2:00 ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-04 2:08 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2007-05-04 2:12 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2007-05-04 2:20 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2007-05-04 2:35 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2007-05-04 6:53 ` Bruce Ellis
2007-05-05 4:49 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2007-05-05 5:11 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2007-05-05 5:14 ` Bruce Ellis
2007-05-05 18:52 ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-05 19:13 ` lucio
2007-05-05 23:09 ` Bruce Ellis
2007-05-06 1:24 ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06 4:08 ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-06 4:53 ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06 5:01 ` lucio
2007-05-06 5:01 ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06 5:07 ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06 5:15 ` lucio
2007-05-06 5:37 ` Bruce Ellis
2007-05-06 6:30 ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06 6:46 ` lucio [this message]
2007-05-06 6:49 ` lucio
2007-05-06 7:35 ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06 6:51 ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06 10:25 ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06 6:04 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2007-05-06 7:24 ` lucio
2007-05-06 11:47 ` Bruce Ellis
2007-05-07 1:55 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2007-05-06 5:12 ` lucio
2007-05-06 13:18 ` Richard Miller
2007-05-06 20:23 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2007-05-07 1:57 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2007-05-07 4:29 ` W B Hacker
2007-05-07 15:08 ` Tim Wiess
2007-05-06 5:15 ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06 7:43 ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06 8:02 ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06 8:12 ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06 9:00 ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06 8:03 ` lucio
2007-05-06 8:42 ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06 10:20 ` matt
2007-05-06 10:29 ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06 9:09 ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06 5:10 ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06 5:32 ` lucio
2007-05-06 6:18 ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06 6:30 ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06 6:21 ` W B Hacker
2007-05-07 1:47 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2007-05-06 1:13 ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06 3:31 ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06 4:10 ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-06 4:55 ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06 5:10 ` lucio
2007-05-06 6:05 ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06 8:45 ` matt
2007-05-06 6:45 ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06 6:52 ` lucio
2007-05-06 7:09 ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06 7:34 ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06 7:49 ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06 7:54 ` lucio
2007-05-06 8:35 ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06 7:40 ` lucio
2007-05-06 8:59 ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06 7:03 ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06 5:21 ` Bruce Ellis
2007-05-06 7:01 ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-05 5:30 ` lucio
2007-05-04 2:16 ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-04 9:24 ` C H Forsyth
2007-05-04 11:18 ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-04 16:19 ` Paul Lalonde
2007-05-04 21:58 ` Dave Eckhardt
2007-05-04 22:27 ` Paul Lalonde
2007-05-04 8:46 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2007-05-05 4:47 ` Roman Shaposhnick
2007-05-02 8:33 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2007-05-02 11:25 ` Jon Snader
2007-05-02 8:33 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2007-05-02 11:30 ` erik quanstrom
2007-04-27 16:21 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2007-04-27 11:12 ` Charles Forsyth
2007-04-27 11:46 ` erik quanstrom
2007-04-27 14:21 ` Joel C. Salomon
2007-04-27 14:26 ` erik quanstrom
2007-04-27 14:41 ` Rob Pike
2007-04-27 14:55 ` Joel C. Salomon
2007-04-27 15:24 ` erik quanstrom
2007-04-27 15:53 ` C H Forsyth
2007-04-28 9:09 ` ron minnich
2007-04-28 9:17 ` Lucio De Re
2007-04-28 13:48 ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2007-04-28 13:57 ` Lucio De Re
2007-04-28 14:15 ` LiteStar numnums
2007-04-28 21:21 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2007-04-28 21:54 ` ron minnich
2007-04-28 22:33 ` Steve Simon
2007-04-28 15:45 ` Charles Forsyth
2007-04-28 17:58 ` Rodrigo Miranda
2007-04-28 20:12 ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2007-04-28 21:10 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2007-04-28 18:15 ` Lluís Batlle i Rossell
2007-04-29 2:39 ` Joel C. Salomon
2007-04-29 12:41 ` erik quanstrom
2007-04-29 16:00 ` Joel C. Salomon
2007-04-28 21:24 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2007-05-06 12:36 erik quanstrom
2007-05-06 15:18 ` lucio
2007-05-06 16:23 ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06 17:53 ` Benn Newman
2007-05-06 17:56 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
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