Re:An ARM killer from IIT-M?
by AnimalMuppet on Monday November 13, 2017 @01:33PM
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> I'm not sure why pedroaraujo is being downvoted other than in response to his criticism of HN topcommenter Chuck McManis.
Because he phrased too much of his disagreement as personal attack. That's against the HN rules.
And because he took the example of chips from two generations ago (which is about how far back you have to go to find non-mainstream but reasonable chips) and says that they "were simple microcontrollers". IIRC, the NS32032 was close to equivalent to the Intel offerings of the time. Didn't even have a branch predictor? Nobody else did in those days, either.
pedroaraujo's points get lost in the vitriol and in trying to apply today's expectations to examples from 20 years ago. Most of the discussion seems to be centering on his points, which is good. But the tone of the post is certainly downvote-worthy.
Because he phrased too much of his disagreement as personal attack. That's against the HN rules.
And because he took the example of chips from two generations ago (which is about how far back you have to go to find non-mainstream but reasonable chips) and says that they "were simple microcontrollers". IIRC, the NS32032 was close to equivalent to the Intel offerings of the time. Didn't even have a branch predictor? Nobody else did in those days, either.
pedroaraujo's points get lost in the vitriol and in trying to apply today's expectations to examples from 20 years ago. Most of the discussion seems to be centering on his points, which is good. But the tone of the post is certainly downvote-worthy.