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A more complex instruction set needs more silicon to decode, and thus is less power efficient. However, I'd imagine that Intel are pretty good at decoding x86 a
by ZirconiumX 8y ago
A more complex instruction set needs more silicon to decode, and thus is less power efficient. However, I'd imagine that Intel are pretty good at decoding x86 at this point; they've had plenty of practice, so it might balance out.
- flamedoge 8y agoyes, but usually complex = variable length encoding. size is also a factor.
- astrodust 8y agoA 7nm process Pentium III is going to use almost no power and take up very little space. An 80486 would be even tinier.
- tracker1 8y agoCould even be a modernized 386 with cache and integrated co, effectively a 486dx without all the additional instruction support.