They kinda do - microcode translates x86(_64) into micro-opts for actual execution. If you go back far enough to the P6 the actual execution core was essentiall

They kinda do - microcode translates x86(_64) into micro-opts for actual execution. If you go back far enough to the P6 the actual execution core was essentially RISC [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36380149 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36380149