[Info-vax] Chinese Alpha?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/27/2012 6:27 PM, David Froble wrote:
> Rich Jordan wrote:
>> Reportedly China is considering a 'national' CPU architecture (ISA at
>> least) decision for all government funded projects.
>>
>> http://www.extremetech.com/computing/127791-china-plans-national-unified-cpu-architecture
>>
>>
>> "There are at least five existing ISAs on the table for consideration
>> — MIPS, Alpha, ARM, Power, and the homegrown UPU — but the Chinese
>> leadership has also mooted the idea of defining an entirely new
>> architecture."
>>
>
> Some of you might remember far back, when Japan was going to develop a
> "new and better world beating computer". Guess they are still working on
> it.
>
> Politicians love to come up with ideas such as these. Somehow, it never
> happens. Politicians seem to be long on ideas, and short on achievements.

There are politicians and there are politicians.

To refer to a couple of US presidents from different
parties I would mention Kennedy and Reagan as president
that got some things completed (well - in Kennedy's case
after his death).

But it requires determinations and the will to pay
what it costs.

Those characteristics is not that prominent among western
politicians in 2012.

But the Chinese??

Arne