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Re:AMD Could Enter ARM Market with Sound Wave APU Built on T... by high_na_euv on Friday October 31, 2025 @05:53AM (#45770164)
As far as I know people aren't part of ISA :)
Re:AMD Could Enter ARM Market with Sound Wave APU Built on T... by lambdaone on Friday October 31, 2025 @11:16AM (#45772991)
People are absolutely part of an ISA's ecosystem. The ISA is the interface between code and CPU, but the code is generally emitted by compilers, and executed in the context of runtimes and operating systems, all designed by people and ultimately dependent on their knowledge of and engagement with the ISA. And for hot code in high-performance applications, people will still be writing directly in assembler directly to the ISA.
Re:AMD Could Enter ARM Market with Sound Wave APU Built on T... by high_na_euv on Friday October 31, 2025 @11:58AM (#45773546)
ISA != ISAs ecosystem

ISA is just ISA

Re:AMD Could Enter ARM Market with Sound Wave APU Built on T... by chrystalkey on Friday October 31, 2025 @03:39PM (#45775876)
But you get the Environment for free if you choose the ISA, so ISA=>ISA ecosystem. It really does matter when making a decision