Re: Is Intel exceptionally unsuccessful as an architecture designer?

Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> schrieb:

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

On Tue, 17 Sep 2024 21:57:24 -0700, Stephen Fuld wrote:
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On 9/17/2024 4:30 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 20:51 +0100 (BST), John Dallman wrote:
 

Not many computer companies survive three failed architectures: has
that record been beaten?

 
I think it’s fair to say that both Intel and Microsoft were companies
more renowned for marketing prowess than actual technical brilliance.

 
For some years, Intel was known for it prowess in FAB technology.  After
all, they managed to make a "difficult" architecture out perform CPUs
from better architectures.

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Sure. By spending 10× on it what RISC-based competitors were able to.
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Some time ago, they seem to have lost that FAB leadership particularly
to TSMC.

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And the reason? Those costs kept going up and up, while the profits from
sales of x86 chips failed to keep pace.

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No.   Intel made several management mis-steps and was too late to the party.

Which management missteps did you mean, and for which particular party
were they late?

Had
nothing to do with "keeping pace".

Not sure what you mean... could you explin a bit more?