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Re:Best CPUs for Workstations by qubex on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @06:43AM (#23078548)
Yes, and if everybody continues to ignore it because it’s a niche within a niche, it’s doomed to stay that way and probably become extinct.
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Re:Best CPUs for Workstations by nicoburns on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @07:05AM (#23078672)
> it’s doomed to stay that way and probably become extinct

Well yes, it probably is. That's another reason why everyone is ignoring it.

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Re:Best CPUs for Workstations by qubex on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @08:19AM (#23079183)
Actually POWER won’t die, because it has IBM behind it and the POWER architecture forms the backbone of their highly profitable mainframe and high-end server business.

What I was referring to as possibly dying was POWER on the desktop generally, and Raptor/Talos specifically.

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Re:Best CPUs for Workstations by praseodym on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @10:48AM (#23080576)
IBM Z mainframes don’t use the POWER architecture, but have their own z/Architecture instruction set and CPUs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z/Architecture
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Re:Best CPUs for Workstations by mastax on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @12:10PM (#23081588)
It's not the job of workstation buyers to subsidize niche architectures.
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Re:Best CPUs for Workstations by pjmlp on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @07:15AM (#23078749)
So are the market rules.

I also don't like that some languages have become a niche within a niche with similar consequences.

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