@th3typh00n - Hardware Watch

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th3typh00n@alien.topBtoHardware•Do today chips still have die space for old instruction set?
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1 year ago
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.

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th3typh00n@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.
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1 year ago
People have claimed that x86 is about to die for well over 20 years now.

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