vwbusguy, 1 month ago

Relatedly,

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/quantum-computing/commodore-64-outperforms-ibms-quantum-systems-1-mhz-computer-said-to-be-faster-more-efficient-and-decently-accurate

totikom, 1 month ago

@vwbusguy Why use 6502 as a basis?
It is extremely limited and an attempt to make a full-featured 64-bit CPU from it won't leave a single trace of the original architecture.

vwbusguy, 1 month ago

@totikom Depends on what you mean by "full-featured". If you mean requiring an embedded Minix embedded inside of it, then yeah, but I don't think we need those kind of features.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/minix-intels-hidden-in-chip-operating-system/

feld, 1 month ago

@vwbusguy what would be the advantage here?

vwbusguy, 1 month ago

@feld 6502 instruction set is generally way simpler and more efficient than x86.

feld, 1 month ago

@vwbusguy right but how is this going to be simpler and more efficient than RISC-V?

tony_394c6b6b, 1 month ago

@vwbusguy Ad riscv takes off instruction will become easier to hop as translation layers will be built for any new processor.

vwbusguy, 1 month ago

@tony_394c6b6b Looks like 6502 can already emulate RISCV:

https://www.hackster.io/news/the-commodore-is-keeping-up-with-linux-as-a-clever-risc-v-hack-brings-support-to-the-commodore-64-bbc7874898f0