XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: commodorejohn@gmail.com   
      
   On Thu, 7 Aug 2025 02:22:05 -0000 (UTC)   
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
      
   > That disparity between CPU and RAM speeds is even greater today than   
   > it was back then. Yet we have moved away from adding ever-more-complex   
   > instructions, and are getting better performance with simpler ones.   
   >   
   > How come? Caching.   
      
   Yes, but complex instructions also make pipelining and out-of-order   
   execution much more difficult - to the extent that, as far back as the   
   Pentium Pro, Intel has had to implement the x86 instruction set as a   
   microcoded program running on top of a simpler RISC architecture.   
      
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