Thanks, I had thought it was power efficiency, but this seems to have been the case historically, and currently only seems to apply to microcontrollers[0] (note

Thanks, I had thought it was power efficiency, but this seems to have been the case historically, and currently only seems to apply to microcontrollers[0] (note, this is a cursory reading of a single article, please let me know if there is other information). I should probably update my information into the 21st century. :) [0] http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/188396-the-final-isa-showdown-is-arm-x86-or-mips-intrinsically-more-power-efficient/3 http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/188396-the-final-isa-show...