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Are there other CPU types that are not compatible with Intel or ARM processors?
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Are there other CPU types that are not compatible with either Intel nor ARM?
Started by RhetoricalRuvim, Sep 18 2010 11:23 AM
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Posted 18 September 2010 - 11:23 AM
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Posted 18 September 2010 - 10:58 PM
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CPUs are generally regarded as processors in that context, your question makes little sense.
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Posted 19 September 2010 - 08:10 AM
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I mean, there is Intel, which is (as far as I know) only compatible with Intel programs.
There are also ARM processors (which I don't know much about) that work with ARM-designated programs.
Are there other processors that don't support either Intel nor ARM programs?
There are also ARM processors (which I don't know much about) that work with ARM-designated programs.
Are there other processors that don't support either Intel nor ARM programs?
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Posted 19 September 2010 - 11:58 AM
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MIPS and SPARC come to mind. I'm sure there are others, but they're the more well-known ones. AMD processors are essentially clones of Intel processors, so anything that runs on an Intel processor will run on an AMD processor and vice versa. AMD tends to add extensions that Intel later adopts, so this doesn't always hold true, but incompatibilities are very rare.
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Posted 19 September 2010 - 12:17 PM
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What are MIPS and SPARC processors used for?
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Posted 19 September 2010 - 12:20 PM
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MIPS in embedded systems like phones, routers, and some video game consoles. SPARC is used in servers and computation-intensive computers.
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Posted 19 September 2010 - 12:37 PM
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Are ARM programs compatible with Apple's new A4 processor?
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Posted 19 September 2010 - 12:42 PM
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That just reminded me of the PowerPC processor line, another kind of CPU. The A4 is based on ARM architecture, but from what I've read it doesn't seem to be compatible with it.
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Posted 21 September 2010 - 05:14 PM
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Is there such processor as Motorola?
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Posted 21 September 2010 - 05:45 PM
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There are a lot of Motorola processors. Another famous one is the Zilog Z80, which is still used today in stuff like calculators.
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Posted 29 September 2010 - 05:27 AM
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RhetoricalRuvim said:
I mean, there is Intel, which is (as far as I know) only compatible with Intel programs.
Today's applications are (usually) processor-independent. That means that you write your source code (for example using C/C++) and then compile it. The compiler translates your code into the processor's machine language. Consequently, you have to compile a program for every CPU architecture separately (using a respective compiler) if you want it to run on CPUs other than e.g. Intel/AMD.
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