Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 25th Mar 2008 16:33 UTC, submitted by irbis
As computers chip continue to decrease in fabrication size, manufacturers such as AMD and Intel are researching new ways to overcome physical barriers. Die size, performance, operating frequency and heat are all major obstacles in the semiconductor industry. Sun Microsystems announced that in partnership with Luxtera, Kotura and Stanford University, it is working on an ambitions project to move data transmissions from electrical signals over copper wires to pulses of light using lasers.
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Although backwards compliance is touted as a feature, it can be a horrible curse.
Good point.
I haven't checked, but I bet current Pentiums still implement the SAHF and LAHF instructions. I believe these were implemented in the Intel8088 to make it easier to port existing 8080 and Z80 software 30 years ago. If they haven't already been dropped, they should be. Any OS that's inclined to support them could implement an exception handler.