[zokier]

> But is a ISA that wasn’t designed for embedded really that well suited for it?

But 8051 was designed for embedded:

> The Intel MCS-51 (commonly termed 8051) is a single chip microcontroller (MCU) series developed by Intel in 1980 for use in embedded systems

(wikipedia)

> I can’t imagine how a clean, embedded first 32bit ISA design wouldn’t be more appropriate

I guess we'll see how riscv will develop.

[tambourine_man]

Ah, I didn’t know that. I thought it was a repurposed chip. That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.