From: none@invalid.com   
      
   On 11/02/2024 14:04, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:   
   > On Sun, 11 Feb 2024 10:02:46 +0000   
   > The Natural Philosopher  wrote:   
   >   
   >> So design your own chip!   
   >   
   > 	Do you trust the chip layout software not to embed a backdoor or   
   > something ? What do you run that chip layout software on and why do you   
   > trust that system. You'd best start from MSI TTL/CMOS logic and build your   
   > own system to run the chip design software (that you write or at least   
   > audit) to design the chips.   
   >   
   >> The ARM is a special CPU that was designed initially to beat the 6502   
   >> and walk all over z80s and 8080s.   
   >   
   > 	I know - I was in Cambridge and in the business when it was being   
   > done. I knew about the ARM before it was released, they were pretty good at   
   > keeping it out of the rumour mill but nothing is completely secret in   
   > Cambridge. Earliest rumours had Andy Hopper involved.   
   >   
   > 	The modern ARMv8 architecture bears little resemblance to the   
   > original ARM used in the Archimedes, it has become massively complex. Even   
   > so for the time the performance of the original ARM was stunning, matched   
   > only by the Transputer which was weird and expensive. Once thought to be   
   > the future of computing the Transputer is all but forgotten, while ARMv8 has   
   > become the dominant 64 bit architecture (measured in numbers of CPUs   
   > manufactured).   
   >   
      
   I have a Transputer T9000 coffee mug somewhere. It has 4 handles spaced   
   90deg apart... for those that know ;-)   
      
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