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I think the x86_64 chips are fairly unique in terms of how hilariously awful the bring-up process is. I'd hate to be a microcode engineer on one of them. So mu

I think the x86_64 chips are fairly unique in terms of how hilariously awful the bring-up process is. I'd hate to be a microcode engineer on one of them. So much state. Then throw virtualization into the mix.

deaddodo 4y ago
They’re only terrible because they needed to be backwards compatible with 32-bit x86 code. Once they’ve been bootstrapped into pure 64-bit mode, they’re a bit better.