> CPUs without microcode exist. While microcode isn't exactly a new innovation, early mass-market CPUs were not implemented that way. > Microcode free CPUs was

> CPUs without microcode exist. While microcode isn't exactly a new innovation, early mass-market CPUs were not implemented that way. > Microcode free CPUs was mostly a RISC thing, and basic CPUs like Z80 and 6502 Those quotes aren't incompatible - the 6502 and Z80 are core to the early mass-market computer movement. So whilst microcode-free may be rare now, there was a time when it was the norm.