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from the last-kid-picked dept.  The Linux-Proof Processor That
Nobody Wants  Comments Filter:   • by wvmarle (1070040) on
Sunday September 16, 2012 @09:36AM (#41352413)      Nice
advertisement for RISC architecture.       • by Anonymous Coward
on Sunday September 16, 2012 @09:48AM (#41352491)        Like I
posted elsewhere, intel hasn't made real CISC processors for
years, and I don't think anyone has.       Modern Intel
processors are just RISC with a decoder to the old CISC
instruction set.       RISC beats CISC in price performance
trade-off, but backwards compatibility keeps the interface the
same.        • Re: (Score:3, Interesting)          by vovick
(1397387)           • by Pseudonym (62607)            First, a
piece of terminology: The Intel term for what you call "decoded
RISC microcode" is "uop". The "u" is meant to be a mu, but it's
usually pronounced "u". It's short for