I know its more complicated, I was not trying to give a full history.
As I pointed out in my original comment:
> But unfortunately they went with Java and instead of making a chip to support GC they tried to make a chip that implemented Java.
I think in the 2000s Azul hit on how to combine high performance JIT, high performance GC with a number GC specific updates for the hardware and the OS.
No they didn't, but the point was about Java specific CPUs,
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PicoJava
And then there was
https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/digital-ics/ar...