> But is a ISA that wasn’t designed for embedded really that well suited for it?...

		zokier on Sept 22, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Realtek RTL836x series of Ethernet switch ICs has ... > But is a ISA that wasn’t designed for embedded really that well suited for it? But 8051 was designed for embedded: > The Intel MCS-51 (commonly termed 8051) is a single chip microcontroller (MCU) series developed by Intel in 1980 for use in embedded systems (wikipedia) > I can’t imagine how a clean, embedded first 32bit ISA design wouldn’t be more appropriate I guess we'll see how riscv will develop.

Ah, I didn’t know that. I thought it was a repurposed chip. That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.