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> Will we see x86 or similar CPUs replace hot instruction blocks with current-processor-specific optimized code during runtime, similar to how certain JIT VMs d
by jeffbee 2y ago
> Will we see x86 or similar CPUs replace hot instruction blocks with current-processor-specific optimized code during runtime, similar to how certain JIT VMs do?
Wasn't that one of Transmeta's things?
- magicalhippo 2y agoKinda, though Transmeta was built to translate everything. I must admit though I had forgotten some details, and you're right in that my idea is not unlike bolting the Code Morphing stuff to a regular x86 core.