I actually didn't know the THUMB thing; pretty interesting stuff...
The branch delay slots/load delay slots thing was also something that plagued some MIPS processors back then too; 5th generation of consoles (At least, from Sony, Nintendo and Sega) had either all or a subset of those quirks on their flagship machines.
The branch delay slots/load delay slots thing was also something that plagued some MIPS processors back then too; 5th generation of consoles (At least, from Sony, Nintendo and Sega) had either all or a subset of those quirks on their flagship machines.