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		dboreham on Oct 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why did the Motorola 68000 processor family fall o... Except Intel clock cycles weren't the same as Motorola clock cycles.

nxobject on Oct 7, 2023 [–]

I'm sure the fact that 68k evolved over its lifetime from an incredibly elaborate interpretive microcoded system to something that supported pipelined out-of-order doesn't help, either.

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