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on June 18, 2023
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The legend of “x86 CPUs decode instructions into R...
There are some similarities with Transmeta.
CalChris
on June 18, 2023
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Transmeta Crusoe first interpreted x86, Linus Torvalds worked on the interpreter, and then JIT'd hotspots into a 128-bit wide VLIW. There's no way that VLIW could be confused with RISC.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/transmetas-crusoe-how-it-works...
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