ARM or x86? ISA Doesn’t Matter

Re:ARM or x86? ISA Doesn’t Matter by tadfisher on Sunday May 14, 2023 @08:08PM (#35942562)

Transmeta Crusoe? They chose X86 machine code as their CPU-independent bytecode.

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Re:ARM or x86? ISA Doesn’t Matter by zdw on Sunday May 14, 2023 @08:41PM (#35942730)

In demos the Transmeta processors was shown to support multiple instruction sets - per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmeta#Code_Morphing_Softwa... , they demoed pico-Java , and also there were rumors of PowerPC compatibility.

Although you're probably right - none of those options made it into a shipping product, only x86.

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Re:ARM or x86? ISA Doesn’t Matter by fathyb on Sunday May 14, 2023 @08:44PM (#35942741)

I guess today's equivalent VLIW chip would be Tachyum Prodigy, not super confident about it.. https://www.tachyum.com/products/#products-prodigy

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Re:ARM or x86? ISA Doesn’t Matter by hurpdurpdurp on Sunday May 14, 2023 @09:10PM (#35942876)

Nvidia's denver2 cores work this way. Shipped on an android tablet about 10 years ago. Not sure what happened to them after that.

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