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217 points uticus | 3 comments | | HN request time: 0.428s | source
1. guerrilla ◴[] No.45668103[source]
Which one of the CPUs do you think looks the cleanest, aesthetically? The first Alpha looks rather chaotic, while the Samsung Alpha looks very uniform. That TI PA-7000 FPC looks like chaos. I think the two PowerPCs look the best, which is what I'd expect too. Well, actually I'd expect some of the other RISC to look simpler too...
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2. gblargg ◴[] No.45670601[source]
I was also fixed on PowerPC after noticing how regular the dies were. Cache on the right, then what looks like bank after bank of fairly uniform control logic. It's almost like they decided on a general structure and fit everything into this, rather than letting things organically form as needed.
3. leptons ◴[] No.45673800[source]
>That TI PA-7000 FPC looks like chaos

I think it looks very well structured compared to the Soviet KM1801VM2

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