HP's PA-RISC/PA-7200 CPU (Byte Magazine, 1994)

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https://web.archive.org/web/19980115044046/http://www.byte.com/art/9408/sec11/art3.htm

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A really beautiful design, from back when HP still did world-class engineering. I can still recall being blown away by the 64-way Assist Cache - which was just about a "Santa Claus and magic" cure for cache thrashing.

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It's really sad that HP essentially committed suicide, by ceasing development of PA-RISC and HP/UX. They could have made a difference.