A classic example being the Cell Processor (Sony PS3) which required
programmers to use DMA to schedule processing tasks. These specialist
high-performance architectures are only tolerated for
-as long as they are useful.
+as long as there is no equivalent performant alternative that is
+easier to program.
Combining SVP64 with ZOLC and OpenCAPI can produce an extremely powerful
architectural base that fits well with intrinsics embedded into standard