It is simple, no install, and still fits on a floppy (maybe not for long because the unzipped EXE is at 1.2MB now!). Also, I think that people use CPU-Z because the program did not evolve too much. CPU-Z did not become popular in one night.
Q: Why do you think CPU-Z became so popular?įranck: First, you have to consider that it was very progressive. The instruction sets on the website were still here until last year, but obviously the aim of the web site changed. Q: How has changed over the years?įranck: has moved away from a being a resource for CPU instruction sets. It was near the end of 1999, maybe the beginning of 2000. Its original purpose was to show the instruction sets supported by the CPU.
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It was much more convenient in comparison to a search in a PDF file.įranck: Almost at the same time. They were also sorted depending on the nature of the operation. Q: What was your original purpose for creating the website?įranck: I wanted to create an online tool that listed CPU instruction sets and allowed people to search in the list with several parameters such as instruction type and instruction name. was taken as well, but a couple of days later, I checked and it was free! So I jumped on it. So I looked for a domain name and everything short with "asm" was already taken. But I quickly realized that I had to switch to English to touch more people. Franck: The 1st "web" experience was my (what would be today) blog speaking about programming in general, in French.