I really like the idea of VLIW CPUs, it's a shame none of them have worked out. Does anyone know of any other cool more modern CPU designs? Stuff like RISCV is fine but doesn't feel particularly innovative
Once the patents expire I hope someone makes a RISC-V design that just tries to get their, e.g., virtual and backless memory working with Linux. That seems like it would be worthwhile in and of itself.