The difficulty of decoding multiple x86 instructions in a single clock cycle is a small issue in the context of a big out-of-order core. But it's a millstone a

The difficulty of decoding multiple x86 instructions in a single clock cycle is a small issue in the context of a big out-of-order core. But it's a millstone around Intel's neck when they try to make a simple superscalar in-order core like the Atom.