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He did say that and he's wrong. x86 isn't particularly dense and RISC-V compressed is denser. However the insane encoding is burning real power, takes up real
by FullyFunctional 5y ago
He did say that and he's wrong. x86 isn't particularly dense and RISC-V compressed is denser. However the insane encoding is burning real power, takes up real area, and is a real limiter for decoding. Dear Linus has an irrational love for x86.
- lizknope 5y agoHe wrote those comments in 2003. The instruction decode logic takes up less space with each new chip and process shrink. These days I don't think it really matters much.
- FullyFunctional 5y agoIt does. Source: Intel engineering, privately off the record. How wide is the widest Intel CPU? How wide is M1? Case closed.