I used to regularly visit SGI documentation due to OpenGL/IrisGL, Inventor, and the original HP STL C++ documentation that SGI hosted, and naturally dive into Irix documentation in boring days.
As I understand it, Loongson is very close to MIPS. I think I remember reading that just 4 patented instructions were removed from the MIPS ISA, and I am not even sure that they were replaced.
If so, that means that new MIPS-family hardware is being made today. And ISTM that represents a new target market or audience for this.
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Sad that it's discontinued, but mostly it's remarkable that so much was done by so few people.
If so, that means that new MIPS-family hardware is being made today. And ISTM that represents a new target market or audience for this.