@bamfic Lisp Machines had hardware supported tagged pointers, but I'm not aware of other features.
Nonetheless, the ability to add custom hardware for your programming model worked out really well for them :)
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Amazing blog post about running a modern Linux kernel on Chumby hardware, investigating bad CPU numbers from top, and finding a Linux kernel bug from 2009!
When someone says "you should use the cloud", I'm never sure if they mean:
1: use a virtual server rather than running your own hardware, or
2: use hosted services rather than running your own e.g. database
2 is often surprisingly expensive IME.
Remotely bricking satellite modems as part of (presumably) nation state hostilities: https://www.reversemode.com/2022/03/satcom-terminals-under-attack-in-europe.html
If over-the-air update systems aren't receiving regular patches, maybe it would be better for industry to use hardware that can't be reflashed remotely?