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Re: Old platforms: bring out your dead

From: Andy Shevchenko <hidden>
Date: 2021-01-13 12:19:11
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On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 2:02 PM Linus Walleij [off-list ref] wrote:
On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 11:27 AM Andy Shevchenko
[off-list ref] wrote:
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On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 11:55 AM David Laight [off-list ref] wrote:
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basically 486 but have a few extra instructions - probably just cpuid
and (IIRC) rdtsc.
Designed for low power embedded use they won't ever have been suitable
for a desktop - but are probably fast enough for some uses.
I'm not sure how much keeping 486 support actually costs, 386 was a
PITA - but the 486 fixed most of those issues.
Right, we have "last of mohicans" (to date) Intel Quark family of CPUs
(486 core + few i586 features).
This is for the embedded world and probably not for powerful use.
What is the status of PC/104?
Personally I have no idea, but...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC/104
...from this we learn about PC/104 consortium on site of which we may
learn about new products:
https://pc104.org/products/vcs-1-pc-104-system-for-precision-robotics-applications/

One and a half years ago, not dead to me.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

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