Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lynn Wheeler Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Just How Bad Was The Intel IAPX432? Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 07:54:10 -1000 Organization: Wheeler&Wheeler Lines: 14 Message-ID: <874ijvcr3x.fsf@localhost> References: <10v1n8r$1e4qh$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 17:54:14 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="1640056"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19KCmQmurzmi53+SpD2prWFUWMat9bFrTw="; posting-host="78436d15eb0b05f4fe5d47d98420c36e" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:gCFG3OLSX09ymyC3XNpK+L62MyM= sha1:LIKzUMxF8UOPtJXvUQFvBxzMJTE= sha256:+f2gIE0KM6+mtr8MYfvGYo/Ag6AU+BPlbPkTugLUhIE= sha1:mzMdz5M4Q+WDKZKFhK7hho0jRoE= Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:234796 Peter Flass writes: > https://hackaday.com/2026/05/25/just-how-bad-was-the-intel-iapx432/ 432 group gave a talk at asilomar acm sigops meeting ... major problem I remember they talked about was putting sophisticated operating system functions in silicon and problems/enhancements required new/replacement chips. I had recently done something similar for entry IBM 370 ... but it was microcode ... scheduling/dispatching for five CPU SMP, I/O drivers, etc. ... so I could sympathize. -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970