Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[chipguy]

but nobody will ever try to do a new architecture like this again as recooping the original investment is unlikely.


For general purpose computing? I fully agree. Only Intel
could have released a new ISA in 2001 after 7 years of
development and driven it to where it is now - rapidly
expanding sales and broad OEM and ISV support. The
most recent ISA before than was Alpha released in 1993,
just a little too late to the house RISC party despite all
of its technical merit.