minus-squareth3typh00n@alien.topBtoHardware•Do today chips still have die space for old instruction set?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThis is incorrect. Very few x86 instructions uses microcode as the microcode engine is quite slow. It’s mainly used for things like cpuid and such. linkfedilink
minus-squareth3typh00n@alien.topBtoIntel•X86 is about about to die in portable device market after Apple's m series, Qualcomm's X chips and Nvidia's plans to make arm processors.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoPeople have claimed that x86 is about to die for well over 20 years now. linkfedilink
This is incorrect. Very few x86 instructions uses microcode as the microcode engine is quite slow. It’s mainly used for things like
cpuid
and such.