> the root of all this evil is the designer of the processor. can we > make them change their ways? not until we start designing our own.
This has puzzled me for years. Why are processors designed by engineers who seem to have no software understanding? Is it the same reason that only car manufactures dictate car design? And is it auspicious that others are entering the arena with new ideas? Or are desktop computers doomed to run Wintel for ever? ++L
