Re: Why VAX Was the Ultimate CISC and Not RISC

MitchAlsup1 <mitchalsup@aol.com> schrieb:

On Sat, 1 Mar 2025 11:58:17 +0000, Anton Ertl wrote:

Like other USA-based computer architects, Bell ignores ARM, which
outperformed the VAX without using caches and was much easier to
design.

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Was ARM around when VAX was being designed (~1973) ??

ARM was designed starting in 1983, if Wikipedia is to be believed.

The only ones experimenting (successfully) with RISC at the time
the VAX was designed were IBM with the 801, and they were kept
from realizing their full potential by IBM's desire to not hurt
their /370 business.