[yeowMeng]

Totally!

Compiler development = Finite State Automaton + Push Down Automaton + Context Free Grammar + Intermediate representation + Static Analysis/Optimiation + Stack Machine + ...

Hardware Architecture = Stack Machine/Turing Machine + electricity + creativity

Stack Machine == Turing Machine

Compiler development starts and ends with Turing Machines.

Hardware architecture ends with Turing Machines operating at the speed of electricity through metal.

[olewhalehunter]

There are alternatives to this mainstream style of computer architecture, such as dataflow or hybrid quantum-classical systems, which both require a very different kind of compiler.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dataflow_architecture