Re: is Vax addressing sane today

On Sun, 6 Oct 2024 00:55:31 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 23:36:12 -0700, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
 

On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 00:48:43 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
 

That’s all past history, anyway. RISC very much rules today, and
it is x86 that is struggling to keep up. 

 
You are, of course, aware that the complex "x86" instruction set
is an illusion and that the hardware essentially has been a
load-store RISC with a complex decoder on the front end since the
Pentium Pro landed in 1995. 

 
Of course, and that complexity (and consequent expense) is part of
the struggle. Looking at Intel’s current financial woes, it is
clearly not being as successful at that as it has been in the past.

Intel's current financial woes do not appear to be [directly] related to
Intel PC (laptops+desktop) sails that are right now pretty good and
profitable.
Even servers division that struggled and lost money for majority of
2023 now recovering and is profitable again even if profit margin is
tiny comparatively to 2021.
Actually, it takes special management talent to have such good result
in the company's main segment and despite that to lose money for Q
after Q after Q.