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A "CISC to RISC decoder" isn't properly a decoder, it's a translator. What they had in the 80's were proper decoders: instruction's in, enable and clock line
by bryanlarsen 3y ago
A "CISC to RISC decoder" isn't properly a decoder, it's a translator. What they had in the 80's were proper decoders: instruction's in, enable and clock lines out.
- ahartmetz 3y agoI don't want to argue about that. My point is just that the size (transistor count) and performance differences were massive at the time, like 2-3x the performance at 1/4th or so of the size.